Ohio Charter News Weekly – 9.29.23
Ohio Charter News will be taking a two week vacation break after today – returning on October 20. The biggest news
Ohio Charter News will be taking a two week vacation break after today – returning on October 20. The biggest news
School report cards are out, and the results reveal the persistent challenges facing Ohio students in the aftermath of pandemic-era disruptions to education.
During the 2015–16 school year, Ohio launched a revamped dual-enrollment program called College Credit Plus (CCP).
With the ink dry on a historic state budget, attention now turns to implementing various components of the legislation.
Between expanded voucher eligibility, funding increases for charter schools,
The time to close charter funding gaps is now
Led by Governor DeWine, Ohio lawmakers made early literacy a big priority in the recently signed state budget bill. The legislation requires schools to use high-quality instructional materials aligned to the
Praise for school choice expansion in Ohio
Now that the latest state budget is officially in the books, it’s safe to say that school choice stole the show.
The value of incorporating technology into secondary education courses is a matter of debate, but if there’s anywhere that it might be beneficial, it is most likely within STEM-related subjects—meaning that high schoolers might better see themselves pursuing science in the future if they a
Budget conference committee continues
One purpose of charter schools is to serve as laboratories of innovation for public education—a deliberate effort to do things differently than the long-entrenched traditional district model.
For better or worse, Ohio does most of its education policymaking during the biennial budget process. This year is no different.
Despite serving tens of thousands of students each year—most of whom are low-income—Ohio has a regrettable track record of underfunding its public charter schools.
Since the 1980s, education reform efforts have sought to shake up the stodgy, traditional landscape of public schooling in the United States. One way to do that is to start schools from scratch that can introduce innovative new education models and push traditional systems to improve.
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Led by Governor DeWine, the science of reading is taking off in Ohio—and not a moment too soon.
One of the more variable aspects of charter school operation around the country is the system by which schools are authorized and managed.