Gadfly Bites 11/22/21—The opposite of appreciation
We’re back after a short break. Looks like we missed a couple of humdingers. Let’s get to it!
We’re back after a short break. Looks like we missed a couple of humdingers. Let’s get to it!
The 2020-21 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report provides insight into our sponsorship work during the last school year, one of the most challenging imaginable for schools, students, and families.
Note: There will be no edition of the Charter News Weekly on Thanksgiving week. Two more charters for West Virginia
Gadfly Bites will be taking a little break on Friday. (Stop cheering back there, you ingrates!) We’ll be back on Monday to catch up with whatever exhausting shenanigans have happened in the interim.
In case you missed it, the state board of education elected a new president and vice president this morning
Let’s start with the best news of the week: A groundbreaking ceremony was held earlier this week for a new charter school in Cincinnati the first IDEA school in t
Fordham’s own Chad Aldis testified before the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee yesterday on SB 229.
NOTE: Today, the Ohio House of Representatives’ Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on SB 229.
If you, like me, were hoping that passage of the new school funding formula—and especially the end of those hated school choice deductions from district finances—would make district treasurers happier than dogs in a butcher’s shop, early indications are that you were mistaken.
Afterschool enrichment accounts for Ohio families
The elected board of Youngstown City Schools voted earlier this week to amend their academic “improvement” plan per the recommendations returned to t
The new nominal head of the Cleveland Metropolitan School district is… But you already guessed that, didn’t you? (The Land, 11/2/21)
In case you missed it while you were busy finalizing your costume for Halloween, Governor DeWine appointed two new state school board members late in
As we have been following in these here clips, the pilot program for a new approach to Covid-exposure quarantines in schools was deemed a success.
The leaders of Akron City Schools say they want a “reset” after dealing with a concerning uptick in behavio
Here is a story about the status of the three Ohio school districts currently operating under the (nominal) aegis of an Academic Distress Commission.
Interesting discussion of school choice
Repeat after me: “Report cards are just a snapshot. Tests do not define our students.
Hot-button education topics such as masking, vaccines, and critical race theory have dominated headlines this fall. But lost in the shuffle are a few notable items that have also made news—but barely—and have significant implications for Ohio policymakers.
Toledo City Schools continues to celebrate its increased graduation rate, as per the school and district report card data released last week, with the
Fixing gifted education in Ohio
In case you missed it, Ohio released school and district report cards yesterday for the 2020-21 school year. They are, in general, not pretty.
No less a light than former New York Lt.
In case you missed it, Fordham’s own Aaron Churchill published an op-ed in Cleveland.com on Friday, laying out the troublesome findings of our recen
Getting students ready
In case you missed it, Wednesday’s press conference on House Bill 290 has been getting some media coverage.
The elected board members of Belpre City Schools in southern Ohio this week considered several options to consolidate their entire pre-K to 12th grade student body (an
A recent, state-level report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) seeks to shed some light on how many families made a school change during the pandemic. Comparing enrollment numbers from various states can be difficult as each jurisdiction has its own reporting protocols.