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Gadfly Bites 2/5/20 – Voucher Grouchers 7: It’s About Time
Again due to the publication timeline of Bites, I am lagging behind the biggest news.
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Private School Choice
On EdChoice, Ohio legislature looks for the lost art of compromise
Politics is sometimes called the “art of compromise.” Under tremendous pressure from school systems, Ohio legislators for the last few weeks have sought to find a compromise on EdChoice—Ohio’s largest voucher program—that addresses district concerns ab
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Teachers & School Leaders
Transforming a state and a profession: Third revision of the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System
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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Governance
Gadfly Bites 2/3/20 – Voucher Grouchers 6: The Fermata
So, as you probably know, the General Assembly voted to hose families interested in getting a voucher kowtow to the voucher grouchers rather than enacting some kind of quick fix to something that wasn’t broken or indeed rather than standing pat and letting the voucher program go forward as per
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Gadfly Bites 1/31/20 – Voucher Grouchers 5: The Neverending Story
Before we get to the actual news you probably came here for, how about a related side trip?
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Private School Choice
The end of one parent’s school choice journey
High-quality academic offerings. Distance from home. Campus culture. Student safety and supports. Access to the arts, sports, and cultural opportunities. Price tag.
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Gadfly Bites 1/29/20 – Voucher grouchers 4: Shell game
Sorry we have to tease out the updates on the voucher groucher saga a bit today. That’s the trouble with not posting daily (and don’t you dare suggest doing that either!).
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Gadfly Bites 1/27/20 – Voucher Grouchers 3: A lose-lose win-win
We’re back! With lots to talk about. But we’re not going to start where you might expect. Let’s hit some reality first.
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Gadfly Bites 1/22/20 – Voucher Grouchers 2: Rise of the Have-Nots
Columbus City Schools is apparently hanging on to an eyesore/money pit of an empty, derelict school building.
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Gadfly Bites 1/17/20 – Voucher Grouchers
Repetitive, soundbite-friendly carping about the EdChoice voucher program continues apace.
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Gadfly Bites 1/15/20 – Is it “war” in Bridgeport?
As dedicated Gadfly Bites subscribers will no doubt recall, your humble clips compiler is of the opinion that a) the EdChoice voucher program is not “broken” (it is operating as designed, including a boost in the number of eligible students based on school report cards, which has happened before), an
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/13/20 – Refutation
Apparently, the feared “loophole” around additional charter school funding that we discussed last week has been avoided.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/10/20 – Stunning
We start today with some excellent news (IMO, naturally).
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Gadfly Bites 1/8/20 – Off the table
Our first piece today is yet another look at the EdChoice voucher program from the perspective of a suburban school district leader.
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Gadfly Bites 1/6/20 – Bug or feature?
Slim pickings for us among the education news today. But at least this piece includes some quotes from our own Chad Aldis.
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Gadfly Bites 1/3/20 – The board you deserve or the board you desire
The sitting members of the Youngstown school board are going to, at some point, search for someone to take the place of Barbara Brothers.
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Gadfly Bites 1/2/20 – The last dregs of 2019
This is a special Thursday edition of Gadfly Bites, catching up on all the great/horrifying/mystifying (delete as appropriate) clips we missed while we were on break at the end of 2019. Back to regular service for 2020 tomorrow.
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Fordham Ohio’s most-read blog posts of 2019
It’s that time of year once again—when the work is on pause, the computer keys are quiet, and the email boxes are weirdly dormant. Time to look back and see what pieces you, our generous and discerning readers, engaged with the most in 2019. In (almost) chronological order:
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Governance
The top 5 Ohio education policy stories of 2019
2019 was a busy year for education in Ohio. Governor DeWine took office in January, replacing the term-limited John Kasich. The spring and summer months were dominated by the state budget cycle. And the latter half of the year was characterized by familiar controversies.
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Gadfly Bites 12/23/19 – The (not so) small matter of perspective
This is the last edition of Gadfly Bites for 2019. Thank you for reading and for subscribing. We’ll be back on January 2 with a 2019 wrap up; back to regular service for 2020 on January 3. Happy New Year to all!
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/20/19 – Another empty room
Columnist Tom Troy (also an associate editor) at the Blade, joined the chorus of voices disappoint
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Gadfly Bites 12/18/19 – Predictability
Ohio’s Report Card Study Committee released its report earlier this week. Its findings are meant to guide lawmakers in making possible changes to said report cards.
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Private School Choice
Goliath sneers: On the EdChoice kerfuffle
School districts, let’s face it, are the giants in K–12 education. Because states traditionally awarded districts “territorial exclusive franchises”—a gentle way of saying monopolies—they enroll the vast majority of Ohio students.
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Advanced Education
Accelerating high flyers can yield long-term benefits
According to a recent Hechinger Report article, U.S.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/16/19 – What’s the opposite of expert testimony?
Bites is back with you after a tiny hiatus last Friday. So sorry to leave you hanging. Lots to talk about, so let’s dive in!
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Private School Choice
No, school choice is not gutting Ohio’s public schools
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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Gadfly Bites 12/11/19 – Differentiation is hard
I fear I have run out of clever ways to discuss the level and form of heartburn being expressed throughout the state over the size of the new EdChoice voucher e
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Gadfly Bites 12/9/19 – It burns
We start with a two-fer for Fordham from last Friday’s Gongwer.
