“Social promotion” returns without a state reading requirement
For the better part of the past decade, Ohio has required schools to hold back third graders who do not meet state reading standards.
For the better part of the past decade, Ohio has required schools to hold back third graders who do not meet state reading standards.
Continuing discussion of important research
A few weeks ago, Ohio released state report cards for the 2021–22 school year.
Important new research
The past two school years have been anything but normal due to pandemic disruptions, with student achievement showing the strain.
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Today, the Ohio Department of Education released its annual report cards for the 2021-22 school year. For two decades, report cards have shined a light on pupil achievement and provided parents and communities with an important check on student progress.
Busing woes large, growing
20 years of serving Dayton students
Persistent school choice critic Steve Dyer recently posted a “takedown” of Fordham’s latest school choice policy recommendations.
As Governor Mike DeWine asserted, the state of Ohio has “a moral obligation” on behalf of students to step in when schools are falling short of academic performance standards. Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), federal lawmakers have given states the ability to chart their own course when it comes to fixing under-performing schools.
West Virginia charter update
While some evidence indicates a return
The Buckeye Institute, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and School Choice Ohio cordially invite you to a continental breakfast and coffee dialogue with national and Ohio experts as they discuss recent successful efforts around the country to expand parental choice, lessons learned, best practices, and potential next steps for the Buckeye State.
New school year stories—good
Ohio has a long history of empowering parents with educational options for their children. Today, more than 250,000 of the state’s 1.6 million students attend public charter schools, enroll in private schools with the support of state-funded scholarships, or participate in interdistrict open enrollment.
A few years ago, in the midst of debates over academic distress commissions (ADCs), Governor DeWine said “The state has a moral obligation to help intervene on behalf of students stuck in failing schools.”
Millions of students served…
One mom, one kid, one amazing story
Earlier this month, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) sent family score reports to school districts.
One win, but maybe more to come
Arizona, long one of the nation’s trailblazers in the school-choice movement, recently expanded its education savings account (ESA) program to ensure that all students—regardless of income or where they attend
Last but definitely not least
The education world was abuzz last Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court released its opinion in Carson v. Makin.
Potentially far-reaching decision