Gadfly Bites - 3/16/15
Responses to charter school competition vary greatly in Akron, Toledo
Responses to charter school competition vary greatly in Akron, Toledo
On the brighter side
The best and the worst of recent education news
What happens to students after their schools close?
The good and the bad in recent Ohio education news
Cincinnati Schools Accelerator seeks CEO
Chad's written testimony, delivered Feb 11, 2015.
Inside Ohio’s new Quality Sponsor Practices Review (QSPR)
The good and the bad in recent Ohio education news
Governor Kasich released his FY 16-17 biennial budget today. True to his word, Kasich featured charter school reforms prominently, with a focus on improving sponsor quality, eliminating conflicts of interest, and addressing some of the funding inequities that plague charter schools.
How to spur innovation further
Real parent preferences revealed.
Clearing up common misconceptions
Technical high schools can thrive with the support of local businesses
Reaction to two recent Fordham-sponsored reports on charter schools continues.
Ohio on the cusp of big changes to charter school law
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form at Bellwether Education Partners' Ahead of the Herd blog.
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in slightly different form at the Chartering Quality blog.
Fixing Ohio’s charter law is a difficult, but necessary task. Chad L. Aldis and Aaron Churchill
Setting out the case for ten policy recommendations to improve the quality of Ohio's charter school sector.
An important new look at charter school quality in Ohio.
Good school choice practices emerge from a charter school crisis in Indianapolis.
The ins and outs of financing charter school facilities.
Blended learning: electronic babysitting, latest fad or education breakthrough?
Funding and quality in charter schools, views from 50,000 fee down to an individual school.
Attempt at "transparency" looks more like data spin.
Andy Smarick came to Columbus to talk about options for urban education in the future...starting now.
Supporting parents and students must be uppermost in any discussion of charter school authorization reform in Ohio. So far, their concerns seem to be last in consideration.
Do private schools taking "cherry pick" their voucher students?