Finding the best fit: School choice data from London show more of what parents know
Jeff MurraySince the 1980s, parents in London, England, have been guaranteed the right to choose a state-funded school for their children, with capacity being the only barrier. Since 1996, school performance tables have been made publicly available to aid them in sorting through what can be a wide array of options.
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.11.22
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayThe big news of the week
State Board of Education is on the right track with report card implementation
Aaron ChurchillLast June, Governor DeWine and the General Assembly enacted important reforms to Ohio’s school report cards in House Bill 82 (HB 82).
Federal school identification and accountability is back. Here’s what that means for Ohio.
Jessica PoinerAfter a two-year break—one when state assessments were cancelled entire
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.4.22
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayWhy we all fight for charters and choice
Digging in to public school choice in Detroit
Jeff MurrayAfter the Brown v. Board of Education decision, school desegregation efforts in Detroit followed a familiar pattern: Busing of students to achieve racial balance was proposed, resistance and White flight occurred, and somebody sued. Milliken v. Bradley was finally decided in the U.S.
Fordham Institute statement on new national charter school rankings
Ohio Education GadflyToday, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) released its latest review of states’ charter school policies. This year, NAPCS ranked Ohio’s charter law as 12th out of 44 states plus the District of Columbia, a significant increase when compared to the state’s ranking in 2021 (24th).
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.14.22
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayGroveport Madison Local Schools have sued the state of Ohio in response to a massive fine levied upon them for failing to properly transport resident charter and private school students over
My favorite children’s books of the past year
Aaron ChurchillAmong the many things that I’ve come to better understand as a new parent is that children’s books are a literary genre of their own. Who knew there’d be board books, peek-a-flaps, and battery-powered books that make sounds? Some books have clever storylines and rhymes. Some have exquisite artwork. They literally come in all shapes and sizes.
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.17.21
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayThis is the last edition of Ohio Charter News Weekly for the year. Thank you so much for reading and subscribing. We’ll be back on Thursday, January 6, with a wrap up of 2021 news you can use and resume regular Friday publication for the new year on January 7.
Rebutting the union’s misleading comparisons of charter and district schools
Jessica PoinerIn early November, Scott DiMauro, the President of the Ohio Education Association, went on the attack against public charter schools.
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.10.21
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayLitigating the past using the past
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.3.21
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayWe are back from last week’s Thanksgiving break and covering news stories from 11/19/21 – 12/3/21. Supporting “our entire family of schools”
2021 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report
The 2020-21 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report provides insight into our sponsorship work during the last school year, one of the most challenging imaginable for schools, students, and families.
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.19.21
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayNote: There will be no edition of the Charter News Weekly on Thanksgiving week. Two more charters for West Virginia
Ohio’s third grade retention policy is backed by good research
Aaron ChurchillPassed almost a decade ago, the aptly named Third Grade Reading Guarantee aims to ensure that every Ohio student reads proficiently by the end of third grade. That goal makes perfect sense. All children need foundational reading skills to succeed in middle and high school and beyond.
Signs of hope for students in East Cleveland
Jessica PoinerThe recently passed state budget created an off-ramp for districts under the control of an
A descriptive look at high school students earning college credit in Rhode Island
Jeff MurrayThe term “dual enrollment” is often used to refer to young people earning college credits while simultaneously completing their high school coursework.
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.5.21
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayAfterschool enrichment accounts for Ohio families
The future of high tech education is probably not in your kid’s school
Jeff MurrayRegardless of whether you believe that too much is being asked of our schools and our educators these days, it is always worth asking whether th
Even better than the real thing: Four-day school weeks make adults very happy
Jeff MurrayThe most commonly expressed motivator for school districts to adopt a four-day school week is monetary: lowering expenditures on hourly staff, transportation, and utilities costs. It is not incidental that the most recent uptick in districts opting for them was in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
Youngstown’s academic improvement plan doesn’t promise much improvement
Jessica PoinerSince 2005, Ohio has intervened in chronically underperforming school districts by establishing new leadership in the form of an
Six takeaways from Ohio’s latest school report cards
Aaron ChurchillIn mid-October, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) released report card data for the 2020–21 school year. Due to pandemic-era provisions passed earlier this year, no school ratings were available—only raw data. Ohio will return to standard protocol and issue ratings next fall, but even without them, there are important things to highlight.
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 10.22.21
Chad L. Aldis, Jeff MurrayInteresting discussion of school choice