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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 7.5.24
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 6.28.24
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Teachers & School Leaders
Federal data give Ohio hope on the teacher shortage front
Teacher pipelines and shortages have been a hot topic in Ohio the last several years. One of the biggest talking points has been that fewer students seem interested in the profession.
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Charter Schools
Media statement on House changes to Ohio sponsor evaluation system
Today, the Ohio House Primary and Secondary Education Committee voted unanimously to favorably report Senate Bill 168. The bill is expected to be considered by the full House on Wednesday, June 26.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 6.21.24
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 6.14.24
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Teachers & School Leaders
How Ohio can help schools retain more teachers
Last year, state officials published some troubling data related to Ohio’s teacher workforce.
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Charter Schools
Ohio charter schools after the pandemic: Are their students still learning more than they would in district schools?
One of the most routinely debated questions is whether charters provide a superior education when compared to the district alternative. Just prior to the pandemic, Fordham research showed that students attending brick-and-mortar charters in Ohio made significantly greater academic progress than their peers attending nearby district schools. Our latest research brief provides an updated analysis of brick-and-mortar charter school performance in the years after the pandemic (2021–22 and 2022–23).
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 6.7.24
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Charter Schools
Digging in to the 2024 Charter School Ecosystem Rankings
The Education Freedom Institute (EFI) recently released the newest iteration of its charter ecosystem rankings, its third such effort to gauge the health of states’ charter-school sectors.
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Teachers & School Leaders
For principal apprenticeships, look to the Peace Garden State
Registered apprenticeship programs offer workers paid, on-the-job learning experience under the supervision of an experienced mentor, job-related classroom training, and the chance to earn a portable industry-recognized credential.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 5.31.24
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 5.24.24
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Teachers & School Leaders
The A to Z of sequential bias in grading student assignments
The use of technology in education—in place before the pandemic but increased in magnitude and ubiquity since 2020—is drawing increasing scrutiny from many sides.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 5.10.24
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Charter Schools
Information sources, data quality, and parental school choice
Los Angeles Unified School District’s Zones of Choice (ZOC) program began in 2010 as an effort to provide more high school options for a large swath of district eighth graders, combining historical catchment areas in lower-income and lower-performing neighborhoods into larger choice zones and eliminating the default feeder system from middle to high school.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 5.3.24
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 4.26.24
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Teachers & School Leaders
Three ways to strengthen Ohio’s teacher pipeline
Last spring, state officials published data indicating that fewer young people are entering the teaching profession, teacher attrition rates have risen, and troubling shortages exist in specific grades and subject areas.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 4.19.24
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 4.12.24
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Charter Schools
Columbus City Schools should offer its underenrolled facilities to charter schools
A recent Columbus Dispatch article revealed stunningly low enrollment rates in several Columbus City Schools’ buildings.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 4.5.24
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Charter Schools
It’s time for Ohio to create a credit enhancement program for charter schools
Rarely do you see media coverage in Ohio about a public charter school embarking on an ambitious expansion. It’s not that the press is hostile to charters; it’s that such expansions don’t often occur in Ohio.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.29.24
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Charter Schools
Did the emergence of Ohio charter schools help or harm students who remained in district schools?
For more than twenty-five years, public charter schools have served Ohio families and communities by providing quality educational options beyond the local school district. But it’s no secret that we’ve also had a long-standing debate over whether increasing school choice impacts students who remain in traditional districts. In important—and sometimes impassioned—discussions such as these, rigorous research is critical to ground conversations in facts and evidence.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.22.24
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Teachers & School Leaders
Ohio still needs better data on teacher shortages
Last spring, state officials published data indicating some worrying signs regarding the future of Ohio’s teacher workforce.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.15.24
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Charter Schools
Ohio has made progress on charter school facilities; significant work remains
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