Gadfly Bites 2/20/23—Geeking out
This feels like good news to me: It was announced last week that Ohio will join the group o
This feels like good news to me: It was announced last week that Ohio will join the group o
Ohio’s state auditor and the president of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges published
The Senate Education Committee heard testimony on SB 1 yesterday.
NOTE: Today, the Ohio Senate’s Education Committee heard testimony on SB 1
English learners (ELs) are students whose native language is other than English and who score below proficient on an English proficiency test. There were more than 5 million ELs in U.S.
As I was reading this piece about
There’s not much substantive detail in this coverage, but the Ohio Department o
Teacher shortages have been a hot topic over the last few years.
While Governor DeWine’s budget priorities included billions (billions I say!) to support a huge range of K-12 education priorities, lotsa folks out here in punditland only want to talk about proposed EdChoice Scholarship
In anticipation of debates about school funding in the coming months, I recently began a series on Ohio’s new school funding formula.
Today, Governor Mike DeWine announced his state budget priorities for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 in his state of the state address. Among his K–12 education proposals include bold steps that would greatly strengthen Ohio’s school choice programs.
Many states fund students who utilize school choice—public charter schools, private school voucher programs, interdistrict open enrollment, and the like—via “passthrough” mechanisms whereby per-pupil funding goes into a student’s home district coffers first before being transferred to the schools that stud
The superintendent of LaBrae Local Schools (nope, me neither) has a list of interesting questions that
There are, in my estimation, only two people in Ohio (outside of state government, that is) who truly understand our school funding system. Neither of them is me.
In summer 2021, Ohio lawmakers passed a brand-new school funding formula for Ohio’s 600-plus school districts and 300-plus public charter schools.
In December, state lawmakers rocked the boat during an otherwise sleepy lame duck session by moving forward with a proposal to significantly overhaul Ohio’s education governance structure.
Despite the somewhat-traditional National School Choice Week snowfall,
In December, the Ohio Auditor of State released a special audit of the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS).
It’s an all-Urban 8 edition today.
Over the last few years, the federal government has sent billions of dollars in emergency funding to states via several relief packages aimed at addressing the impacts of Covid-19.
We need many more effective, “expert” teachers in our schools. Thus, a new report aiming to synthesize numerous past studies in order to identify attributes that make a top performing teacher should be of interest to practitioners and policymakers alike.
We first noted this…unusual story last Friday, and simply alluded to it in the Bites because it seemed fanciful at the time.
Today, Senator Bill Reineke introduced Senate Bill 1, legislation that would dramatically change the duties of the State Board of Education, create a Department of Education and Workforce Development, and make the new department part of the governor’s cabinet.
As the excitement of a new year dwindles and Ohioans settle back into their familiar routines, policymakers and advocates are gearing up for yet another budget season. Governor DeWine is scheduled to release his proposed biennial state operating budget in just a few short weeks, and by June, a host of new legislative provisions will likely become law.