From college football to movies, everyone loves a good top-ten ranking. In an effort to give the people what they want, here are the ten most notable education stories from the past year in Ohio.
Befitting a busy year with so many education topics to cover—including a state budget, a voucher lawsuit, and a full court press to cut down on chronic student absenteeism—Ohio Gadfly readers found a diverse roster of blog posts to pay attention to in 2025.
Two decades ago, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Ohio Gadfly newsletter was born—on November 2, 2005 to be exact.
Transparency matters. But so does fairness. Ohio’s new ethics disclosure decision singles out charter school board members—even though most district board members face no such requirement. Accountability should be applied consistently across public education
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Toledo City Schools is considering a move to four-day school weeks in hopes of saving money. But evidence shows they are not fiscally beneficial. Even worse: they harm student learning, especially for the students who are already being underserved by their schools.
Concern is growing over the impacts of AI use on
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Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Learning more to help students succeed
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With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror and Christmas on the horizon, Ohioans are now fully immersed in the holiday season. Between shoveling snow and checking the kids’ Christmas lists, most folks aren’t thinking about their plans for the new year.
To combat Ohio’s attendance crisis, policymakers must tighten accountability for student absenteeism at the school level. We explain how this can be done via state report card changes.
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A new bill introduced in the state Senate offers a great opportunity for Ohio to build on the career-connected learning foundation lawmakers have already established. Here’s a look at two key provisions that should help students make a smoother journey from school to career.
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As we approach Thanksgiving, it’s fitting to pause and reflect on the past year—to take stock not only of the challenges we face but also of the progress being made and the people working tirelessly to improve education across our state.
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In the latest saga at Columbus City Schools, district officials are mulling the elimination of busing for
Author's Note: This is a special edition of Ohio Charter News, posted on a Monday to catch up on some important news stories from the last 10 days. We will not publish on Friday of this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday and will return on Friday, December 5 with all the charter news you can use!
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Our 2025 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report details our work providing monitoring, oversight, and technical assistance to ten charter schools on nineteen campuses—serving over 6,000 students—throughout Ohio.
News stories featured in Gadfly Bites may require a paid subscription to read in full. Today's story definitely does. Just sayin’. There was no education news worth talking about on Monday, thus no Bites. Today is hardly better.
Today, the Ohio Senate Education Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 19 which aims to establish academic intervention services at public schools and to implement mathematics improvement and intervention plans.
