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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.28.25
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.21.25
There was so much news over our break that we needed two editions to cover it all!
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly special edition – 3.20.25
Welcome to a special Thursday edition of Ohio Charter News Weekly. We’re back after three weeks’ break, with this edition covering Ohio-specific news published between 3/3/25 and 3/20/25. We’ll be back again tomorrow with a national catch-up.
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Governor DeWine keeps the momentum going for Ohio charter schools
During his terms in office, Governor Mike DeWine has been a strong supporter of public charter schools.
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.28.25
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.21.25
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Building on DeWine’s budget proposal to help Ohio solve its teacher data problem
Like leaders in other states, Ohio policymakers have been working to address chronic teacher shortages.
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.14.25
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Governor DeWine speaks about his education priorities
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.7.25
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.31.25
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.24.25
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Teachers & School Leaders
Can an evaluation system improve the practice of novice teachers? Evidence from Tennessee
First-year teachers—especially those who begin on the lower end of the performance scale—tend to improve over time if they remain on the job, according to rigorous research studies.
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.17.25
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Ohio could bolster its teacher pipeline by supporting student teachers
Tackling Ohio’s teacher vacancy data problem should be a priority for lawmakers in the upcoming year.
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.10.25
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.3.25
This is the first edition of Ohio Charter News to be published in 2025, covering relevant news stories from the final weeks of 2024. Next week, we will have the first news of the new year.
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.20.24
This is the last edition of Ohio Charter News to be published in 2024. Thank you for reading and subscribing. We will return on Friday, January 3 to catch up with the final clips of this year.
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.13.24
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House Bill 563 could help Ohio address teacher shortages
Legislation in the Ohio General Assembly proposes a new method for collecting and analyzing data on teacher vacancies that could provide leaders with information they need to tackle shortages. Here’s a look at what works and what could be better.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.6.24
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The value of online user reviews to school choice parents
Helping parents evaluate their educational options is an important component to effective implementation of school choice policies. Giving them more and better information from which to compare options will likely become essential if choice continues to proliferate.
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2024 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report
Our 2023-24 Sponsorship Annual Report details our work providing monitoring, oversight, and technical assistance to ten schools across sixteen campuses that served approximately 6,300 students in Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Portsmouth, Ohio.
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.22.24
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.15.24
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. One final post-election news story
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.8.24
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Post-election news pt. 1 – Kentucky
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.1.24
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Following up
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 10.25.24
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Teacher salary reforms could boost efforts to retain more early-career educators
About a month ago, I published an analysis of the starting salaries of teachers working in school districts across the Cleveland and Columbus metro areas. Strong entry-level pay is crucial as schools work to attract talented folks into the profession.
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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 10.18.24
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Ohio’s high-quality charter funding initiative is making schools better
Under the bold leadership of Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted, Ohio lawmakers enacted the Quality Community Schools Support Fund (QCSSF) in 2019.
