Checking in on Ohio’s curriculum reform efforts
Unless there’s a political or ideological controversy, curricular decisions in schools and districts rarely make headlines. That’s too bad because these choices are immensely important.
Unless there’s a political or ideological controversy, curricular decisions in schools and districts rarely make headlines. That’s too bad because these choices are immensely important.
Busing woes large, growing
In late August, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) unveiled its FYs 2024–25 budget priorities to a state board of education committee.
20 years of serving Dayton students
Persistent school choice critic Steve Dyer recently posted a “takedown” of Fordham’s latest school choice policy recommendations.
West Virginia charter update
The Buckeye Institute, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and School Choice Ohio cordially invite you to a continental breakfast and coffee dialogue with national and Ohio experts as they discuss recent successful efforts around the country to expand parental choice, lessons learned, best practices, and potential next steps for the Buckeye State.
New school year stories—good
Ohio has a long history of empowering parents with educational options for their children. Today, more than 250,000 of the state’s 1.6 million students attend public charter schools, enroll in private schools with the support of state-funded scholarships, or participate in interdistrict open enrollment.
Millions of students served…
One mom, one kid, one amazing story
One win, but maybe more to come
Arizona, long one of the nation’s trailblazers in the school-choice movement, recently expanded its education savings account (ESA) program to ensure that all students—regardless of income or where they attend
In late June, the national educational advocacy organization ExcelinEd published a comprehensive early literacy guide for state policymakers.
Last but definitely not least
The education world was abuzz last Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court released its opinion in Carson v. Makin.
Potentially far-reaching decision
In the spring of 2020, a group of researchers from the University of California San Diego was engaged in a longitudinal study of changes in young children’s learning experiences during kindergarten and first grade at an anonymous, medium-sized, socioeconomically diverse school district in southern California.
One more graduation story
Since the start of the pandemic, Ohio schools have received more than $6 billion via three federal relief acts.
Successful school choice requires that parents have ample access to high-quality information.
Last week, the Ohio Senate Primary and Secondary Education committee passed a provision that would weaken the state’s charter sponsor evaluation system.
In late March, the Ohio Department of Education announced a grant program aimed at developing and expanding tutoring for K–12 students in the wake of pandemic-caused learning losses.