Columbus Collegiate Academy (CCA) epitomizes the relentlessness and vision necessary to close achievement gaps in urban education. Started in the basement of a church with 57 students in 2008, CCA evolved into one of the city’s top-performing middle schools.
Today, the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission announced eight winners in the state’s inaugural round of funding to charter schools to purchase, construct, or renovate classroom facilities.
Too much of what we hear about urban public schools in America is disheartening. A student’s zip code—whether she comes from poverty or economic privilege—often predicts her likelihood of educational (and later-life) success.
Now that New York’s students are heading into another year of Common Core-aligned standardized testing, it’s probably time to start taking bets on exactly how many kids will actually show up.
The 2015 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report is our opportunity to share the Fordham Foundation’s work as the sponsor of eleven schools serving approximately 3,200 students in five cities, and our related policy work in Ohio and nationally.
Do Ohio's quality charter schools deserve expansion funding?
Great news for Queen City parents and students
Though charter schools are fiercely debated in Ohio, too rarely are the voices of charter leaders actually heard. This report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute surveys the leaders of the highest-performing Buckeye charters to take stock of their views on sector quality, accountability, and replication and growth.
It's time to unshackle voucher eligibility
New reforms should be more effective at closing bad schools
A look back at the federal Charter School Program in the Buckeye State
Improving the lives of their students and their city
Revisiting a 1996 accountability effort in Chicago
A reality check amid signs of true progress
Don't lose sight of oversight improvements already made
Governance, funding, and accountability fixes
New structure, new rules
Vouchers, graduation requirements, and more
This is not your grandfather's vocational education
In Fordham’s second annual Wonkathon, fourteen wonks opined on education savings accounts:
In 2014, we hosted our first-ever Wonkathon, which was dedicated to the subject of charter school policy.
A new sheriff on the road to redemption
