Gadfly Bites 2/22/23—Now was that so hard?
Nice coverage of Governor DeWine’s all-in push to make the science of reading the law of the land he
Nice coverage of Governor DeWine’s all-in push to make the science of reading the law of the land he
This feels like good news to me: It was announced last week that Ohio will join the group o
Celebration and appreciation
Ohio’s state auditor and the president of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges published
The Senate Education Committee heard testimony on SB 1 yesterday.
NOTE: Today, the Ohio Senate’s Education Committee heard testimony on SB 1
As I was reading this piece about
Budget coverage, media style
There’s not much substantive detail in this coverage, but the Ohio Department o
Last week, Governor Mike DeWine unveiled his state budget proposal for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
Let Ohio’s budget debate commence!
While Governor DeWine’s budget priorities included billions (billions I say!) to support a huge range of K-12 education priorities, lotsa folks out here in punditland only want to talk about proposed EdChoice Scholarship
Today, Governor Mike DeWine announced his state budget priorities for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 in his state of the state address. Among his K–12 education proposals include bold steps that would greatly strengthen Ohio’s school choice programs.
Many states fund students who utilize school choice—public charter schools, private school voucher programs, interdistrict open enrollment, and the like—via “passthrough” mechanisms whereby per-pupil funding goes into a student’s home district coffers first before being transferred to the schools that stud
The superintendent of LaBrae Local Schools (nope, me neither) has a list of interesting questions that
Celebrating National School Choice Week pt 1
There are, in my estimation, only two people in Ohio (outside of state government, that is) who truly understand our school funding system. Neither of them is me.
In December, state lawmakers rocked the boat during an otherwise sleepy lame duck session by moving forward with a proposal to significantly overhaul Ohio’s education governance structure.
Despite the somewhat-traditional National School Choice Week snowfall,
“Stocktaking” of issues facing all public schools
It’s an all-Urban 8 edition today.
Charter growth in Ohio
We first noted this…unusual story last Friday, and simply alluded to it in the Bites because it seemed fanciful at the time.
Today, Senator Bill Reineke introduced Senate Bill 1, legislation that would dramatically change the duties of the State Board of Education, create a Department of Education and Workforce Development, and make the new department part of the governor’s cabinet.