Gadfly Bites 9/22/23—That thing you DEW
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Gadfly Bites 9/20/23—DEW or DEW not
Jeff MurrayHow’d the first day of actual school go in Youngstown this week? Or even the second? No one in the local press seems to care since the teachers union is happy with the deal they won, so I have no idea.
As chronic absenteeism rates soar, some Ohio lawmakers want to make it easier for kids to skip school
Jessica PoinerThe negative impacts of chronic absenteeism are well known. In elementary school, truancy can contribute to weaker math and reading skills that persist into later grades.
Gadfly Bites 9/18/23—It only takes one whammy to make families scramble for solutions
Jeff MurrayThe Youngstown teacher strike seems to be over after a tentative agreeme
Gadfly Bites 9/15/23—Seems like all tortoise and no hare
Jeff MurrayIn case you somehow missed it, state report cards were released yesterday.
Gadfly Bites 9/13/23—A “digestible” counterproposal?
Jeff MurrayLooks like someone’s been listening to Fordham’s Aaron Churchill, who has been advocating for including party labels for candidates on local school board ballots for many years, with lots of great analysis backing it up.
Why Ohio’s school board elections should be on-cycle
Aaron ChurchillIt’s September and that means fall elections are coming soon. Not that election—the presidential is still more than twelve months away—but local school board races are right around the corner.
Gadfly Bites 9/11/23—School funding is a zero-sum game because we say it is
Jeff MurrayGongwer covered the news of the massive parental response to expanded EdChoice voucher eligibility.
Gadfly Bites 9/8/23—A different kind of Friday the 13th; still pretty scary
Jeff MurrayOSU’s
Are college completion grants a no-incentive incentive?
Jeff MurrayAt the same time that the number of degree earners in the U.S.
Gadfly Bites 9/1/23—The circus is in town—all three rings of it
Jeff MurrayApproximately 7 hours of talks on both Wednesday and Thursday between Youngstown teach
Dr. Stéphane Lavertu joins the Fordham Institute as Senior Research Fellow
Ohio Education GadflyToday, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute announced that Dr. Stéphane Lavertu will join the Institute as a Senior Research Fellow. Dr.
Gadfly Bites 8/30/23—Who’s zoomin’ who?
Jeff MurrayContract talks are to resume in Youngstown this afternoon.
Gadfly Bites 8/28/23—No bueno
Jeff MurrayBack from a little vacation. Sorry (for you) that’s it’s over!
Lawmakers shouldn’t give up on a Direct Admissions program
Jessica PoinerThe recently completed state budget includes historic education provisions that could have a tremendous impact on students and families.
Gadfly Bites 8/21/23—Saturday School
Jeff MurrayA busier-than-usual weekend in a couple of northeast Ohio hotspots, it seems.
Gadfly Bites 8/18/23—Cultivating fear
Jeff MurrayThere’s not a whole lot about actual teaching and learning involved in this
Gadfly Bites 8/16/23—The Devil Wears Casetify
Jeff MurrayIt’s always something, isn’t it? This year’s new favorite “kids can’t learn if…” boogieman is cellphones.
A tiny provision in the budget could have a big positive impact on Ohio students who exercise school choice
Jessica PoinerBetween expanded voucher eligibility, funding increases for charter schools,
Gadfly Bites 8/14/23—Can he fix it?
Jeff MurrayAs we have previously established, Dayton City Schools’ new interim superintendent is in full Bob the Builder mode, moving at warp speed to tackle literally anything he deems in need of fixing in his district, starting at
Gadfly Bites 8/9/23—You don’t say, padre
Jeff MurraySome nice words for Ohio in this opinion piece written by the Senior Vice President of the Commonwealth Foundation in Pennsylvania.
Gadfly Bites 8/7/23—“I can’t go anywhere where somebody doesn’t stop me and say, it’s about time.”
Jeff MurrayOnly one clip today, but I think it’s great that this one stands on its own…for a lot of reasons.