Fordham Foundation receives “Exemplary” rating for charter-school sponsorship
Reaction to "exemplary" rating as charter school sponsor.
Reaction to "exemplary" rating as charter school sponsor.
Residential schooling would be a welcome addition to the choice landscape
Chad's written testimony, delivered March 19, 2015.
Responses to charter school competition vary greatly in Akron, Toledo
On the brighter side
The best and the worst of recent education news
What happens to students after their schools close?
The good and the bad in recent Ohio education news
Cincinnati Schools Accelerator seeks CEO
Chad's written testimony, delivered Feb 11, 2015.
Inside Ohio’s new Quality Sponsor Practices Review (QSPR)
The good and the bad in recent Ohio education news
Governor Kasich released his FY 16-17 biennial budget today. True to his word, Kasich featured charter school reforms prominently, with a focus on improving sponsor quality, eliminating conflicts of interest, and addressing some of the funding inequities that plague charter schools.
How to spur innovation further
Real parent preferences revealed.
Clearing up common misconceptions
Technical high schools can thrive with the support of local businesses
Reaction to two recent Fordham-sponsored reports on charter schools continues.
Ohio on the cusp of big changes to charter school law
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form at Bellwether Education Partners' Ahead of the Herd blog.
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in slightly different form at the Chartering Quality blog.
Fixing Ohio’s charter law is a difficult, but necessary task. Chad L. Aldis and Aaron Churchill
Setting out the case for ten policy recommendations to improve the quality of Ohio's charter school sector.
Latest report from Bellwether Education Partners.
Charter schools are quickly becoming a defining feature of Ohio’s public-education landscape, educating over 120,000 children statewide. The “theory of action” behind charters is fairly simple.
An important new look at charter school quality in Ohio.
The 2014 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report is our opportunity to share the Fordham Foundation’s work as the sponsor of eleven schools serving 3,200 students, and our related policy work in Ohio and nationally. We are fortunate as an organization that our policy work benefits our sponsorship efforts; and, that our lessons from sponsorship inform our policy and advocacy strategies.
Good school choice practices emerge from a charter school crisis in Indianapolis.