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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.28.25
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Dollars and (common) sense
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Charter Schools
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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Curriculum & Instruction
Four ways Ohio lawmakers could strengthen Governor DeWine’s literacy and numeracy push
Student math and reading achievement continue to lag in schools across Ohio. Governor DeWine is proposing numerous initiatives to address this issue via the state budget. Yet lawmakers can and should go further in the following ways.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Ohio’s path to early literacy: Science of Reading progress and challenges
Our latest report is an evaluation of the high-quality charter funding program. It finds positive results: The additional dollars have allowed charters to boost their teachers’ salaries, reduced staffing turnover, and driven student learning gains.
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Curriculum & Instruction, Governance
Here’s how to make Governor DeWine’s proposed career planning requirement work better for students
Last year, during his state of the state address, Governor DeWine called on the legislature to “make a very simple fix in statute to insert career planning into existing graduation plan requirements.” The
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Charter Schools
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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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.28.25
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Update
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Curriculum & Instruction
Four ways the proposed state budget prioritizes literacy and numeracy
If policymakers are serious about improving student achievement, Ohio needs to double down on the literacy efforts already underway and add numeracy to the mix. Here are four provisions in the proposed state budget that can help.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.21.25
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Charter school awesomeness
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Curriculum & Instruction
Artificial intelligence in English-language instruction: Looking at a pilot project from Nigeria
While many fret over the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI), the jury is still out regarding its benefits and drawbacks for K–12 education, and researchers are trying to catch up to the rapidly-expanding technology.
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Charter Schools
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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Curriculum & Instruction
Testimony presented before the Ohio Senate Education Committee—2/11/25
NOTE: On February 11, 2025, the Ohio Senate Education Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 19.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.7.25
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. National School Choice Week celebration IRL
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Curriculum & Instruction
Ohio should automatically enroll high-achievers in eighth grade algebra
Surprising as it may seem, high-ability students often end up falling short of their potential.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.31.25
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Heading to SCOTUS
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.24.25
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. A national view
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.17.25
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. So much good
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.10.25
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. New year
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Charter Schools
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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Charter Schools
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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Curriculum & Instruction
Checking in on the postsecondary outcomes of high school dual enrollment students
Dual enrollment, which allows students to complete college coursework and earn transferrable credits while still enrolled in high school, is a popular and growing pathway into postsecondary education.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.13.24
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Ten years of steady growth
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.6.24
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Charters serving students with special needs
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Curriculum & Instruction
Colorado offers Ohio a stellar model for tracking early literacy efforts
Ohio is in its early literacy era. Last year, policymakers established a statewide science of reading initiative that champions high-quality instructional materials and professional development for teachers. To support this effort, legislators set aside approximately $169 million.
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Charter Schools
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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Charter Schools
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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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.22.24
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Columbus transportation concerns may escalate
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Curriculum & Instruction
What should Ohio policymakers do to boost math proficiency?
Through its science of reading initiative, Ohio is devoting significant resources to strengthening literacy across the state. Boosting reading proficiency is essential, and this ambitious effort holds great promise to do just that.
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Charter Schools
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
