Text of testimony given before the Ohio Board of Education 12/14/15

Written remarks

Ohio’s charter school closure law is becoming irrelevant, and that’s a good thing

New reforms should be more effective at closing bad schools

Text of testimony given before the Ohio Board of Education 10/19/15

Public remarks

Past Ohio CSP winners have delivered results, future winners can do the same

A look back at the federal Charter School Program in the Buckeye State

Gadfly Bites - 10/8/15

First round of coverage of the passage of HB 2

Charter leaders making a difference in Columbus

Improving the lives of their students and their city

Choice, Information, and Constrained Options: School Transfers in a Stratified Educational System

Revisiting a 1996 accountability effort in Chicago

Progress and problems: Checking in on the Cleveland Plan

A reality check amid signs of true progress

Text of testimony given before the Ohio Board of Education 9/15/15

Don't lose sight of oversight improvements already made

A solution to Ohio’s course access problem

Governance, funding, and accountability fixes

Ohio’s course access problem

Educational choices beyond just the building

Expansive school choice demands new rules for school sports in Ohio

New structure, new rules

Public policy and nonpublic schools: How the budget bill impacts private schools

Vouchers, graduation requirements, and more

Seizing the Future: How Ohio’s Career and Technical Education Programs Fuse Academic Rigor and Real-World Experiences to Prepare Students for College and Work

This is not your grandfather's vocational education

The ABCs of ADCs: An in-depth look at the new academic distress commission legislation

A new tool for school district reform

The escalating costs of teacher retirement

The Education Gadfly

The winner of Fordham's 2015 Wonkathon is…

The Education Gadfly

ESA Wonkathon recap

2015 Wonkathon: Who was the wisest wonk?

In Fordham’s second annual Wonkathon, fourteen wonks opined on education savings accounts:

Announcing the Fordham Institute’s second annual Wonkathon. This year's topic: Education savings accounts

In 2014, we hosted our first-ever Wonkathon, which was dedicated to the subject of charter school policy.

Pattern of strengthening charter school oversight continues

A new sheriff on the road to redemption

Common Enrollment, Parents, and School Choice: Early Evidence from Denver and New Orleans

Benefits and areas for improvement in equal measure

A heartbreaking tale—and a reminder why reform matters

The Education Gadfly

Andy Smarick on fixing Buckeye State charters

Editor's note: On May 6, Fordham contributor Andy Smarick delivered testimony before an Ohio education subcommittee on Senate Bill 148, a critical piece of legislation that would help clean up 

Ohio House proposes changes in testing, vouchers, and teacher evaluation

Looking beyond the "big issues" in Ohio's budget bill

Recapping Fordham’s school closures event

Marking our report release and continuing Ohio Education Speakers Series

An Analysis of the Charter School Facility Landscape in California

New report looks at facilities issues faced by charter schools in the Golden State

School choice of the future: A look at Cincinnati high schools

All district high schools in the Queen City are schools of choice