Gadfly Bites 7/31/23—What we did over summer break
Fox News and several other national entities covered the I Promise School story we talked about on Friday.
Fox News and several other national entities covered the I Promise School story we talked about on Friday.
The time to close charter funding gaps is now
One more post-budget story? Sure thing!
Since he took office in 2019, Governor DeWine has consistently prioritized work-based learning and workforce development.
I’m going to go out on a limb to suggest that Dr. David Lawrence has harbored the ambition to lead Dayton City Schools for quite a while now.
Traditional district schools have become providers of many services and benefits for students. The list is nearly endless, but includes food provision (both in school and on weekends/summer break), athletics, the arts, computer and tech education, medical care, summer camps, and counseling.
While initial responses to the state budget focused mainly on voucher expansion and third grade retention for last year’s kiddos, we’re several weeks into the new biennium now and the reality of changes to be realized on
Praise for school choice expansion in Ohio
Only two items to talk about today, but both of them are pretty interesting in their own way.
From the sublime… The Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal has positi
Now that the latest state budget is officially in the books, it’s safe to say that school choice stole the show.
This piece asks the big question “What comes next after the historic increa
While I am not at all surprised to learn that
Some hot takes rolling in as folks accept—or not, as the case may be—the reality shifts ahead based on the recently-passed state budget.
Budget analysis remains a little thin, but we’ll go with what we have.
In case you missed it, Governor DeWine signed the new state budget into law on Monday.
Not much to talk about in this edition of the Bites except for the passage of
Today, the Ohio General Assembly passed House Bill 33, the state’s biennial budget bill for FYs 2024–25. The legislation contains numerous provisions that strengthen K–12 education, among which include:
Budget conference committee continues
“In general, I think most superintendents earn their compensation,” says F
Quite the mixed bag of stuff today, including two staple topics of Gadfly Bites. First up: Drama in Youngstown.
The process of creating a new state budget is quickly drawing to a close, with key lawmakers set to hammer out the final legislation in conference committee. Those negotiations are ongoing, with the budget for FYs 2024–25 likely to pass by Friday.
One purpose of charter schools is to serve as laboratories of innovation for public education—a deliberate effort to do things differently than the long-entrenched traditional district model.
Both of these summer academics-and-fun combined camp programs sound great to me.
We’ll start today with some good news that is probably easy to miss.
Despite serving tens of thousands of students each year—most of whom are low-income—Ohio has a regrettable track record of underfunding its public charter schools.