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Charter Schools
One size does not fit all: Alternative education campuses in the charter sector
One purpose of charter schools is to serve as laboratories of innovation for public education—a deliberate effort to do things differently than the long-entrenched traditional district model.
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Charter Schools
Lawmakers can still go further in Ohio’s historic effort to narrow charter funding gaps
Despite serving tens of thousands of students each year—most of whom are low-income—Ohio has a regrettable track record of underfunding its public charter schools.
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Charter Schools
Lots of new schools. How much innovation?
Since the 1980s, education reform efforts have sought to shake up the stodgy, traditional landscape of public schooling in the United States. One way to do that is to start schools from scratch that can introduce innovative new education models and push traditional systems to improve.
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Career & Technical Education
Senate takes aim at some CTE funding boosts proposed by Governor DeWine
The Ohio Senate recently introduced its version of the state budget for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
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Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools, Governance
CREDO got it wrong: Ohio’s charter sector is strong and getting better
NOTE: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute occasionally publishes guest commentaries on its blogs. The views expressed by guest authors do not necessarily reflect those of Fordham.
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Charter Schools
Impacts of charter authorizer and operator type on student achievement
One of the more variable aspects of charter school operation around the country is the system by which schools are authorized and managed.
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