Commentary
Charter Schools
Choice, Information, and Constrained Options: School Transfers in a Stratified Educational System
Revisiting a 1996 accountability effort in Chicago
Commentary
Charter Schools
Progress and problems: Checking in on the Cleveland Plan
A reality check amid signs of true progress
Commentary
Charter Schools
Text of testimony given before the Ohio Board of Education 9/15/15
Don't lose sight of oversight improvements already made
Commentary
Charter Schools
A solution to Ohio’s course access problem
Governance, funding, and accountability fixes
Commentary
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Charter Schools
Expansive school choice demands new rules for school sports in Ohio
New structure, new rules
Commentary
Charter Schools
Public policy and nonpublic schools: How the budget bill impacts private schools
Vouchers, graduation requirements, and more
Policy Brief
Accountability & Testing, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders
Policy Brief: The Ohio Teacher Evaluation System
A thorough overview of Ohio's teacher evaluation framework
Commentary
Charter Schools
Seizing the Future: How Ohio’s Career and Technical Education Programs Fuse Academic Rigor and Real-World Experiences to Prepare Students for College and Work
This is not your grandfather's vocational education
Commentary
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Charter Schools
ESA Wonkathon recap
Commentary
Charter Schools
2015 Wonkathon: Who was the wisest wonk?
In Fordham’s second annual Wonkathon, fourteen wonks opined on education savings accounts:
Commentary
Charter Schools
Announcing the Fordham Institute’s second annual Wonkathon. This year's topic: Education savings accounts
In 2014, we hosted our first-ever Wonkathon, which was dedicated to the subject of charter school policy.
Report
Governance, Teachers & School Leaders
Getting Out of the Way: Education Flexibility to Boost Innovation and Improvement in Ohio
For the past year, Ohio policymakers have been grappling with the issue of deregulating public schools. But what does deregulation mean--and how should policymakers go about doing it?
Commentary
Charter Schools
Pattern of strengthening charter school oversight continues
A new sheriff on the road to redemption
Commentary
Charter Schools
Common Enrollment, Parents, and School Choice: Early Evidence from Denver and New Orleans
Benefits and areas for improvement in equal measure
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Charter Schools
Andy Smarick on fixing Buckeye State charters
Editor's note: On May 6, Fordham contributor Andy Smarick delivered testimony before an Ohio education subcommittee on Senate Bill 148, a critical piece of legislation that would help clean up
Commentary
Charter Schools, Accountability & Testing
Ohio House proposes changes in testing, vouchers, and teacher evaluation
Looking beyond the "big issues" in Ohio's budget bill
Commentary
Charter Schools
Recapping Fordham’s school closures event
Marking our report release and continuing Ohio Education Speakers Series
Commentary
Charter Schools
An Analysis of the Charter School Facility Landscape in California
New report looks at facilities issues faced by charter schools in the Golden State
Commentary
Charter Schools
School choice of the future: A look at Cincinnati high schools
All district high schools in the Queen City are schools of choice
Report
Charter Schools, Governance
School Closures and Student Achievement: An Analysis of Ohio’s Urban District and Charter Schools
School Closures and Student Achievement: An Analysis of Ohio’s Urban District and Charter Schools examines 198 school closures that occurred between 2006 and 2012 in the Ohio ‘Big Eight’ urban areas (Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown). The research included 120 closed district-run schools and seventy-eight closed charter schools.
Commentary
Charter Schools
Thomas B. Fordham Institute Proponent Testimony on Ohio House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 148
Chad's written testimony, delivered April 22, 2015
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Charter Schools
“The oversight of charter schools Ohio desperately needs”
The Ohio Senate takes a strong stand on charter law reform
Commentary
Charter Schools
“That’s not how this works!”- correcting the rhetoric around public charter schools
Misunderstanding or misleading?
Commentary
Charter Schools
Anecdotal evidence of the effects of competition on school districts in Ohio
School choice abounds; how are Ohio schools responding?
Commentary
Charter Schools
Finding Space: Charter Schools in District-Owned Facilities
How other states treat charter school leases can be instructive for Ohio
Commentary
Charter Schools, Accountability & Testing
Accountability in Private School Choice Programs
Every state is different, for better or worse