Ohio Charter News Weekly – 6.7.24
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The Education Freedom Institute (EFI) recently released the newest iteration of its charter ecosystem rankings, its third such effort to gauge the health of states’ charter-school sectors.
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One of the hallmarks of Governor DeWine’s administration has been its emphasis on expanding and improving career pathways for students. Thus, it came as no surprise that the governor focused on this critical issue in his recent state of the state address.
Los Angeles Unified School District’s Zones of Choice (ZOC) program began in 2010 as an effort to provide more high school options for a large swath of district eighth graders, combining historical catchment areas in lower-income and lower-performing neighborhoods into larger choice zones and eliminating the default feeder system from middle to high school.
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Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Many underenrolled school buildings in Columbus
Last January, during his 2023 state of the state address, Governor DeWine pledged to invest additional state funding in career and technical education (CTE) programs.
A recent Columbus Dispatch article revealed stunningly low enrollment rates in several Columbus City Schools’ buildings.
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Rarely do you see media coverage in Ohio about a public charter school embarking on an ambitious expansion. It’s not that the press is hostile to charters; it’s that such expansions don’t often occur in Ohio.
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For more than twenty-five years, public charter schools have served Ohio families and communities by providing quality educational options beyond the local school district. But it’s no secret that we’ve also had a long-standing debate over whether increasing school choice impacts students who remain in traditional districts. In important—and sometimes impassioned—discussions such as these, rigorous research is critical to ground conversations in facts and evidence.
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Today, ExcelinEd, a leading national education organization, released an analysis that finds continuing shortfalls in meeting the facility needs of Ohio
Career-technical education (CTE) has become a significant priority for Ohio leaders and lawmakers over the last several years. For those who aren’t familiar with CTE, or who may have outdated views about what it offers students, this increasing emphasis may be surprising.
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Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. “They want you to do better. They drive you to do better.”
Last year, Ohio lawmakers overhauled the state’s K–12 education governance system by transferring the majority of powers and duties assigned to the state board of education to a revamped executive branch office known as the Department of Educat
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When it comes to facilities, Ohio’s public charter schools have long gotten the short end of
Our latest policy brief provides an overview of the CTE landscape for Ohio high schoolers.
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One of the big stories in the wake of the pandemic has been the nationwide slump in public school enrollments.