Gadfly Bites 12/11/20 – You don’t say…
Fordham’s Chad Aldis was quoted on the importance of conducting state tests this school year.
Fordham’s Chad Aldis was quoted on the importance of conducting state tests this school year.
Preble Shawnee Local Schools failed to pass a levy in November, the latest in a long line of renewal failures over the last five years.
It was widely noted on Friday that the new school funding plan that passed the House faced less-affirmative prospects in the Ohio Senate (see what I did there?) due to the complexity of the issue and the time remaining in the lame duck legislative session.
In case you missed it, Chad testified before the House Finance Committee yesterday as an interested party on the Cupp-Patterson school funding overhaul bill.
NOTE: Gadfly Bites is back after a Thanksgiving break. Clips cover November 25 – 30.
NOTE: Gadfly Bites will be off on Friday for Thanksgiving break. Back on Monday, November 30.
NOTE: Bites is back from a short vacation. Today’s clips cover 11/19 – 11/23/20.
In the last week, there’s been a flurry of discussion around what the incoming Biden administration could do for student loan borrowers.
The 2019–20 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report provides insight into our sponsorship work during the year and the performance of our sponsored schools.
NOTE: Gadfly Bites will be on vacation this Friday, November 20, and will return with a full catch up on Monday, November 23.
This is another one of those stories where kids and families are the focus of the discussion, but no one bothered to ask any kids or parents their thoughts.
The fiscal woes of state pension systems are regularly in the news.
This week, Fordham released its latest report, an analysis of the three retirement options available for Ohio teachers.
While students in grades 6-12 in Troy City Schools have indeed moved to fully-remote learning for a couple of weeks—as we talked about on Wednesday—
Though not widely known, Ohio teachers have three retirement options: a traditional pension plan, a 401(k)-style defined contribution plan, and a hybrid plan that combines features of both. A large majority of teachers are in the pension plan—the result of either an affirmative choice or by default, not having selected a specific plan at the beginning of their careers.
The Cleveland Public Library is partnering with nonprofit PCs for People to help distribute computers and WiFi hotspots for
A Catholic school in North Canton whipped from fully in-person learning to a fully-remote model last week (cancelling a day of school and weeks’ worth of planned sports a
Just your regular reminder, in case you are not a parent in K–12 education in Ohio—that there’s still a whipsaw pandemic going on out there.
Did you know that in Ohio you can place a levy reduction issue on the ballot? I didn’t either until I read this story.
Our own Aaron Churchill was large and in charge on the commentary page of Cleveland.com today, talking about the Cleveland-specific fi
The headline of this story asks “How is back-to-school going?” in the Cincinnati region. Folks quoted here largely say it’s going pretty well.
Fordham (probably our Ohio by the Numbers data although who can really tell?) is namechecked in this piece looking at the thorny subject of school funding.
We heard on Wednesday that the boost in rona cases across the state were a threat to in-person education.
When coronavirus turned everything upside down this spring, there were predictions that educators would retire in droves rather than risk teaching during a pandemic.
COMPILER’S NOTE: Gadfly Bites will be on vacation next week. (“Thank goodness!” I hear you cry. “You need a break. Hopefully you will return refreshed, renewed, and ready to boost up what has been—let’s face it, man—your recent mediocre work.
Cincinnati City Schools is going to a hybrid in-person/remote model after all, starting next week.
In Cincinnati, some of the district’s whipsawed parents speak. (Spectrum News 1, 10/5/20)
Another day, another raft of evidence that parents looking for certainty are well and truly hosed.
There are no silver bullets when it comes to closing achievement gaps. But there are inputs and interventions with solid evidence bases, and the impact of a good teacher is one of them.