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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/27/24—State of the art
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Governance
Should Ohio revisit its minimum school calendar requirement?
Recently, Ohio policymakers have been mulling making changes to the state’s attendance tracking framework. It wouldn’t be the first time they’ve done so. In 2016, they overhauled student attendance and absenteeism policies via House Bill 410.
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Governance
The value of a college degree: Evidence and trends from 2009–2021
How valuable is a bachelor’s degree? Less so than it used it be, says a new report, but the ultimate value depends on a number of factors, including tuition cost and college major.
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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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Curriculum & Instruction
Five takeaways from Ohio’s baseline survey of elementary reading curricula
Last year, Ohio lawmakers enacted bold reforms that push schools to follow the science of reading, an instructional method that teaches children to read via phonics and emphasizes
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.22.24
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/22/24—Is it a WIN? I can’t even tell.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/20/24—A massive blast of skyrocketing words with an infusion of dramatic, explosive leaping
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/18/24—Passing with 110% of the vote
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.15.24
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/15/24—“This is just the way the future is going”
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/13/24—Yes, sir!
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Charter Schools
Ohio has made progress on charter school facilities; significant work remains
NOTE: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute occasionally publishes guest commentaries on its blogs. The views expressed by guest authors do not necessarily reflect those of Fordham.
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Governance
How global education systems can speed pandemic recovery
Students experienced significant learning loss during the pandemic, accelerating pre-existing trends and widening achievement gaps.
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Charter Schools
Fordham Institute media statement: New study finds continuing shortfall in meeting Ohio charter schools’ facility needs
Today, ExcelinEd, a leading national education organization, released an analysis that finds continuing shortfalls in meeting the facility needs of Ohio
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/11/24—Not too little, but definitely too late
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.8.24
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/8/24—The math of reading
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/6/24—Bibbidi Bobbidi Booooooooo
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/4/24—How to cure hypocrisy
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.1.24
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/1/24—Reasonableness
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Governance
Ohio’s national ranking for K–12 education is better than you might think
In a recent Columbus Dispatch op-ed, Democrat state senator Bill DeMora slammed his GOP colleagues for supporting school choice, accused Ohio of having a “chronically underfunded” edu
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 2/28/24—Nerd-forward
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Governance
Impact of an early warning system for student absenteeism
The scale of student absenteeism today is large and worrisome, exacerbated by pandemic disruption to the routine of school. But the problem itself is not new, and numerous efforts have been undertaken over the years to address it.
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Governance
Ohio Education By the Numbers—2024 Edition
In the post-pandemic era, Ohio’s K–12 education system continues to be the source of much debate. A mix of hot-button and bipartisan policies ranging from workforce readiness to early literacy to school funding to quality educational choice are drawing attention at the Statehouse and in communities statewide.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 2/26/24—Slow moving news
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.23.24
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 2/23/24—I don’t see it
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Governance
Which Ohio districts are most burdened by oppressive union contracts?
Ohio’s superintendents and principals are ostensibly in charge of managing the operations of public schools. But, in reality, they typically have little latitude to do so. For many, their chief managerial constraint is that they are bound by the terms of collective bargaining agreements between school boards and district employees (“employee contracts”).
