Ohio Charter News Weekly – 10.21.22

Building up

Gadfly Bites 10/21/22—Letter perfect

Gadfly Bites 10/19/22—A whole nother level

Do high-performing charter schools improve student health outcomes?

Is it possible that attending a high-performing school may help young people live healthier lives? An intriguing new paper from the American Medical Association’s JAMA Network open access journal says yes, though with some important caveats. A research team lead by Dr.

Gadfly Bites 10/17/22—Let’s face it

We’re back after a Friday break and covering a plethora of news from 10/12 – 10/17/22.

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 10.14.22

Report card success = student success

Gadfly Bites 10/12/22—The time of the lawgivers is not nigh

As if they did not realize that the state legislature was not currently in session (it’s election season not lawgiving season, dontcha know?),

Gadfly Bites 10/10/22—Guess you can’t have everything

OK.

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 10.7.22

Continuing discussion of important research

Gadfly Bites 10/7/22—“Actually pretty encouraging”

Fordham’s latest Ohio policy brief—focused on strengthening teacher re

Gadfly Bites 10/5/22—Who is running the show?

There’s a lot of needless blather in this piece, but the bottom line is that

Gadfly Bites 10/3/22—“We’re trying to change that mindset from the traditional sense.”

Both Fordham and the Ohio Education Association are thinking about how to strengthen the teacher workforce in our state

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 9.30.22

Important new research

Gadfly Bites 9/30/22—I’ll take “Things you say when you love your report card” for $400, Mayim.

“We’ll

The good, bad, and ugly of College Credit Plus according to the state’s recent performance audit

Since 2015, College Credit Plus (CCP) has offered academically eligible Ohio students in grades 7–12 the opportunity to earn postsecondary credit by taking college courses for free before graduating from high school.

Gadfly Bites 9/28/22—Let’s hope it’s a farewell tour

Fordham’s Aaron Churchill has an op-ed in the

Gadfly Bites 9/26/22—How long until we can go back to addressing the pre-pandemic suckitude?

Here are two “big picture” looks at Ohio report card data.

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 9.23.22

National awards

Gadfly Bites 9/23/22—Creativity

Another fathers walk?

Gadfly Bites 9/21/22—Is zero stars even an option?

Gadfly Bites 9/19/22—And then, they overplayed their hand…

A little bit of report card hangover to start with today.

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 9.16.22

More pushback

Gadfly Bites 9/16/22—Shooting stars

We’ll start today not with the obvious story, but with one that is near and dear to my dad heart:

Gadfly Bites 9/14/22—Our destiny is in the stars…

Fordham’s recent report on turning around low-per

Gadfly Bites 9/12/22—The shiny new thing

The good news: Columbus City Schools appears able to find enough stuff on which to spend its full allotment of Covid-relief funding before the various deadlines, according to this piece.

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 9.9.22

Busing woes large, growing

Gadfly Bites 9/9/22—Playing the student success card

Tiny Dalton Local Schools in eastern Ohio is very excited about new school bus safety measur

Gadfly Bites 9/7/22—Thank heavens there’s almost always a “meanwhile”

It is a rarity for school districts to run afoul of city

Columbus teacher strike ends with significant reforms, worrying financial risks

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