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Commentary
1.24.2018
Governance

Gadfly Bites 1/24/18 - Big old "duh"

Jeff Murray

Columbus City Schools is, apparently, facing a budget shortfall within two years, and the initial discussions about solving it involve closing it down immediately so it can repay lost revenue to the state of Ohio the elimination of up to 163 positions.

Commentary
1.22.2018
Governance

Gadfly Bites 1/22/18 - The saddest surprise party

Jeff Murray

With ECOT closed, a special master appointed by the court to help oversee things like records transfer and asset management, and families working to find new schools that are at least the second-best fit for their kids, it seems there is little else for education reporters

Commentary
1.17.2018
Governance

Gadfly Bites 1/17/18 - Enhancements

Jeff Murray

Changes are coming to the popular College Credit Plus program as early as this summer, courtesy of the Chancellor of Higher Education (at the request of the General Assembly).

Commentary
1.16.2018
Governance

A birds-eye view of school funding policy in the U.S.

Aaron Churchill

Creating school funding policy is a delicate juggling act for state leaders. Contentious issues include deciding the responsibilities of local and state governments; determining efficient and fair ways to allocate funds; and ensuring economically friendly tax policies while raising sufficient revenue.

Commentary
1.12.2018
Governance

Gadfly Bites 1/12/18 - "Fighting" is the operative word

Jeff Murray

We should probably start with the big ECOT news, I guess. Did you see that ECOT’s request to become a dropout recovery school was rejected by the Ohio Department of Education yesterday? No? How on earth did you miss that? Wonder what else was screaming off the headlines that took your attention?

Commentary
1.8.2018
Governance

Four big education stories you might have missed over the holiday

Jamie Davies O'Leary

I don’t know about you, but for the most part, I shut down my social media and news apps over the winter holiday this year. As it turns out, tending to your neighbor’s chickens, building gingerbread houses, and riding sleds are all good strategies for recovering from the dumpster fire that was 2017.

Commentary
1.8.2018
Governance

Gadfly Bites 1/8/18 - Ohio's War on Knowing Stuff continues unabated

Jeff Murray

Ahead of this week’s state board of education meeting, the Dispatch took a look at the issue of graduation requirements, sure to be a highlight of the agenda. If the one board member quoted here is anything to go by, extending the no-competency diploma pathways to the Classes of 2019 and 2020—two new fronts in the state’s War on Knowing Stuff—is a slam dunk.

Commentary
1.5.2018
Governance

It’s time to be more than just a critic

Chad L. Aldis

One of the perils of working at a think tank, especially one like Fordham, which encourages provocative ideas and never shies away from a debate, is that it can be easy to anger or frustrate even your closest allies. That’s especially true in this polarized, fraught time we’re living in.

Commentary
1.5.2018
Governance

Gadfly Bites 1/5/18 - Let the DeLorean rust in peace

Jeff Murray

A task force was created this week to lead discussion and recommend a course of action to deal with the—frankly pretty enormous—problem of Dayton City Schools’ numerous underutilized buildings.

Commentary
1.2.2018
Governance

Gadfly Bites 1/2/18 - Rounding up the last stories of 2017

Jeff Murray

Closing out the year with a further discussion of graduation rates, the Dispatch settled on the topic of charter school grad rates, finding them to be far lower than for traditional district schools.

Commentary
1.2.2018
Governance

Predicting the top 5 education issues for 2018

Aaron Churchill

To ring in the New Year, we at the Ohio Gadfly have a tradition—two years running!—of predicting the top issues in education for the coming year.

Commentary
12.21.2017
Governance

The top 7 Ohio education stories of 2017

Jessica Poiner

In the world of American politics, controversy dominated 2017. In the world of Ohio education policy, things were a bit quieter—but still eventful. As we say goodbye (or good riddance) to 2017, here’s a look at the seven biggest education stories of the year.7) State budget

Commentary
12.19.2017
Governance

Top Fordham Ohio blog posts of 2017

Ohio Education Gadfly

Here at Fordham, we try to keep our finger on the pulse of what our Ohio readers are interested in. But every year, we are pleasantly surprised when blog posts take on lives of their own.Herewith, the most-read Ohio Gadfly blog posts of 2017, with some thoughts as to why these pieces caught your attention.1. The student perspective

Commentary
12.11.2017
Governance

Following the vocabulary gap

Jeff Murray

The gap in vocabulary for children growing up in poor households compared to their higher-income peers is well documented in research, especially for the youngest students just entering school. But shouldn’t the start of formal education begin to mitigate that gap?

Commentary
12.11.2017
Governance

Gadfly Bites 12/11/17 - SWAG

Jeff Murray

Can you stand a couple more media hits on Fordham’s Back to the Basics report? Me too! First up was a really good write up I missed upon release of the report last Thursday.

Report
12.7.2017
Accountability & Testing, Governance, Standards

Back to the Basics: A plan to simplify and balance Ohio’s school report cards

Aaron Churchill

For more than a decade, Ohio’s annual school report cards have offered the public information on school quality. The current iteration of report cards has notable strengths: School ratings are grounded in hard data, they use an intuitive A-F rating system, and several of the metrics encourage schools to pay attention to the achievement of all students.

Commentary
12.6.2017
Governance

Gadfly Bites 12/6/17 - Unfairly saddled

Jeff Murray

I don’t usually clip blog posts, but the Ohio-centric nature of this piece from Citizen Ed was too much to resist. It describes a panel event called “The Faces of Education Reform,” held at the recent Excellence in Education annual conference.

Commentary
12.4.2017
Governance

Gadfly Bites 12/4/17 - Choice and diversity; or lack thereof

Jeff Murray

The Associated Press published a story looking at the racial diversity of students who’ve opted into charter schools across the country and were very alarmed by their findings. I’m assuming that many news outlets across Ohio will be localizing the story in the days to come.