Education’s Fiscal Cliff, Real or Perceived?
Daniela Fairchild, Greg HutkoCharter schools: Underfunded after all these years
Longing for the Holy Grail
Adam EmersonJeff Murray vividly reminds us what it's like to lose the school-choice lottery
No longer a boy’s world: Boys and special education
Aaron ChurchillWayward Sons, a recent report published by the policy think tank the Third Way, finds that the average girl’s educational and career outcomes have improved over time, while boys tend to be faring worse.
Losing the school choice lottery and what it means for one family
Jeff MurrayYesterday, I spent all day hitting the Refresh button on my email account. Probably 653 times. Why? Because the one school that we wanted for our children for next year was to announce its lottery results to those lucky few who would be chosen. 12 or 13 slots for sixth grade, out of an application pool of several hundred (wish I knew exactly how many).
Video of "Always Reformed, Always Reforming" event now available
Kevin PackDid you miss Ohio's recent event? A video is now available!
Religious schools, the ADA, and the Justice Department
Adam EmersonThe Justice Department has taken school-voucher policy to unstable ground
Pandering beats hostage-taking
The Education GadflyWhen a Michigan House committee approved a measure that would allow students to skip Algebra 2 if they instead take a tec
By the Company It Keeps: The U.S. Department of Education
This interview with the United States Department of Education is the third and final installment in our Common Core testing consortia series
Trashing Success
Terry RyanThe Dayton Early College Academy (DECA) is Dayton’s highest performing high school (district or charter), but is being trashed by a Columbus organization.
Voucher lessons in the Louisiana decision
John HortonWith potential tactics still in play to sustain the voucher expansion, it is likely that this ruling will simply be a pothole on the road to voucher expansion in Louisiana
Choices and Challenges: Charter School Performance in Perspective
Adam EmersonA tricky line of research gets worthy treatment
The first step is admitting you have a problem
The Education GadflyOur Gadfly readers won’t
Louisiana vouchers need more to grow
Adam EmersonAbout 8,000 children had already been promised vouchers for next year when the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled its method of funding unconstitutional
Portfolio management in the suburbs
Adam EmersonFew school systems have embraced a crisis of opportunity quite like the school system in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
Coalition of high performing charter schools discusses laws with Senate
Angel GonzalezA coalition that included high performing charter schools from Cleveland, Columbus and Dayton testified in front of the Senate Finance Committee’s Education Subcommittee on May 7th.
Fordham’s Terry Ryan testifies in the Senate Finance Committee with high achieving charter school leaders
Angel Gonzalez, Jeff MurrayAs the charter movement enters its third decade, it is imperative that policymakers and legislators understand the perspective of those schools that have succeeded in providing their students with a quality education.
How facility funding fails charter schools
Adam EmersonDespite the surge in charter enrollment, charters still largely direct money from instruction, classroom support, and administration to their facilities
Gales are blowing and defenses are up
The Education GadflySnaps to Gov.
The state of charter authorizing
This report is great data on a critically important field
Charter boards, know thy duty
Adam EmersonWhen boards are mere rubber stamps, questions about accountability, incentives, and conflicts of interest are sure to follow
The recovery school district
The most significant governance innovation since charter schools?
Rebooting charters: Charter school board capacity essential to school success
Kathryn Mullen UptonCapacity is something that requires ongoing maintenance and at least an annual critique.
Rebooting charters: Charter school board capacity essential to school success
Kathryn Mullen UptonHave a high performing charter school? Chances are it’s got a savvy board whose membership consists of mission-aligned individuals with diverse professional expertise and experience that is leveraged to advance a strategic and defined vision, and achieve a specific set of goals.
Redefining the School District in Tennessee by Nelson Smith
Terry RyanIs it time for Ohio and other states to take bolder steps toward turning around our most troubled schools and districts?
American Indian charter schools: Keep the charter, but fire the board
Adam EmersonIt may seem absurd that one of California’s worst-performing school districts can kill the state’s finest charter school network. But that is the reality facing the 650 mostly poor and minority, but very high-achieving students enrolled at the American Indian Model charter schools.
Our evaluations aren’t shady
The Education GadflyThe National Education Association is suing Florida for its teacher-evaluation policy;
An object lesson in charter school creation
Jeff MurrayThe Columbus Dispatch is reporting today that Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools will be discontinuing their experiment with charter school creation at the end of this school year.