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Commentary
1.15.2010
Charter Schools

Lessons from the Garden State

Jamie Davies O'Leary

Having spent four years working in New Jersey, I was happy to hear the announcement this week that New Jersey Governor-elect Christie selected a school choice advocate (Bret Schundler) to serve as state education co

Commentary
1.11.2010
Charter Schools

Setbacks in Cincinnati

Emmy L. Partin

After the release last month of The New Teacher Project's Cincinnati-focused human capital reform report (see Jamie's take here), both district and union leadership

Commentary
11.2.2009
Charter Schools

Making middle schools work

By guest blogger and Fordham's Director of Charter School Sponsorship Kathryn Mullen Upton

Commentary
10.27.2009
Charter Schools

Churches and charters: what do you think?

Emmy L. Partin

A central Ohio church has appealed the Ohio Department of Education's denial of its application to become a charter school authorizer (more on the story here, subscription required):

Commentary
10.16.2009
Charter Schools

Continued debate on charter schools in Ohio

Jamie Davies O'Leary

While we at Fordham view the results of the much talked about Hoxby charter study as encouraging and a good rebuttal to charter critics, here's a reminder of the antagonism towa

Commentary
8.28.2009
Charter Schools

Majority of Americans misinformed about charters

Jamie Davies O'Leary

Okay, I know I'm about the 31,487th person to pick up on this, but there's one factoid in the 2009 Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll of Americans' attitudes toward public schools that is driving me especially nutty.

Report
8.24.2009
Charter Schools

2008-09 Ohio Report Card Analysis

Emmy L. Partin, Terry Ryan

Each year the Thomas B. Fordham Institute conducts an analysis of urban school performance in Ohio. Read the findings for Ohio's Big 8 schools for the 2008-09 school year.

Commentary
8.21.2009
Charter Schools

Smart anti-choice strategies emerging

Emmy L. Partin

School-choice foes in the Buckeye State are getting smarter about the strategies they employ to undermine the choice movement.???? Since the birth of charters here in 1998 and vouchers in 2005, opponents--namely Democrats, teacher unions, and the education establishment--have fought a "districts = good, choice = bad" fight.????

Report
6.15.2009
Teachers & School Leaders

Losing Ohio's Future

Steve Farkas, Ann Duffett

The media is awash with stories about Ohio's brain drain: in 2007, the Buckeye State saw 6,981 more residents between the ages of 25 and 34 leave the state than migrate into it. What's worse, the more education these young people have, the more likely they are to leave. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute seeks to shed light on this important problem--and explore solutions--with this study by the Farkas Duffet Research Group.

Report
2.17.2009
School Finance

Ohio at the Crossroads: School funding—more of the same or changing the model?

Paul T. Hill

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's education plan calls for modernizing Ohio's K-12 education system, including the state's school-funding system, but the plan's so-called "evidence-based" approach would actually scuttle any modernizing efforts, argues this study issued by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Report
11.15.2008
Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools

2007-08 Ohio Report Card Analysis

Emmy L. Partin, Terry Ryan

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, in partnership with Public Impact, analyzed the 2007-08 academic performance data for charter and district schools in Ohio's eight largest urban cities.

Report
9.15.2008
School Finance, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Accelerating Student Learning in Ohio

Emmy L. Partin, Terry Ryan

As Gov. Ted Strickland concludes his 12-city "Conversation on Education" tour to gather ideas for reforming public education in Ohio, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has put forth a report of five recommendations designed to keep improvements in the Buckeye State's public schools on track toward three critical goals: 1) maximizing the talents of every child; 2) producing graduates as good as any in the world; and 3) closing the persistent academic gaps that continue between rich and poor, and black and white and brown.

Report
11.28.2007
Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools

Thomas B. Fordham Foundation Sponsorship Accountability Report 2007

Sheila Byrd Carmichael, Carol Jago, Lucien Ellington, Paul Gross, Sheldon Stern

For information on Fordham's unique role as a charter school sponsor in Ohio, there's no better source than The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation Sponsorship Accountability Report 2006-07. The report offers a comprehensive account of Fordham's sponsorship policies and practices-as well as individual profiles of all Fordham-sponsored schools. Included in the profiles are descriptions of each school's educational program, school philosophy, and overall academic performance.

Report
8.15.2007
Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools, Standards

2006-07 Ohio Report Cards

Emmy L. Partin, Terry Ryan

Despite a decade of significant school reform efforts in Ohio, students in the state's largest cities still struggle mightily to meet basic academic standards and are nowhere close to achieving the goals set by the federal No Child Left Behind law, according to an analysis of the latest Ohio school report-card data.