We’re back a day early (that’ll teach you!) with a roundup of clips we missed between December 22 and 31, 2021. Back with regular thrice-weekly publication for 2022 starting tomorrow. You have been warned.
Every holiday season, those of us at the Ohio Gadfly try to predict what the new year will bring for education. This year is no exception.
As every year does, 2021 began with much optimism. Vaccines were rolling out, businesses were reopening, and the economy was on the mend. But then, as always, reality set in. While most Americans were vaccinated, the pandemic dragged on. The economy continued to pick up, but so did inflation. The year in K–12 education followed a similar pattern.
Fordham Ohio’s blogging output this year was varied and prodigious.
This is our last edition for the year. (No. Don’t cry.) We’ll be back on Tuesday, January 4, with a final look at 2021. Regular thrice weekly publication will resume starting Wednesday, January 5. (Then you’ll have reason to cry.)
The administration and elected school board of Green Local Schools announced last week that federal Covid-relief money will be u
We have been talking a lot this week about the Youngstown CEO’s unappreciated past, unbalanced present, and unlikely future in the district.
A teacher unionization effort is underway at Menlo Park Academy, the only Ohio charter school specifically for gifted stu
It appears likely that current district CEO Justin Jennings will not be superintendent of Youngstown City Schools when the elected school
Another quiet news cycle to end the week. The Ohio Senate this week passed SB 229.
I am always amused when average citizens attempt to handwave serious problems away by saying that “They should do something”. Not to minimize those nuisances at all, but the response to them follows a predictable and perhaps less-than-helpful pattern.
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There are only two times when school report cards are deemed correct by school district officials: the first is when they show traditional district schools
Where the heck are the education news stories these days? Only one to cover today, but at least it’s pretty interesting.
We’re back from the Thanksgiving holiday break, laden with leftovers.
No Bites on Friday (to help you avoid indigestion). Back Monday after Thanksgiving. Let’s hope there are some clips worth snarking upon when we return.
In the wake of the November elections, hundreds of new school board members will soon take their seats overseeing Ohio’s 600 plus districts.
We’re back after a short break. Looks like we missed a couple of humdingers. Let’s get to it!
Gadfly Bites will be taking a little break on Friday. (Stop cheering back there, you ingrates!) We’ll be back on Monday to catch up with whatever exhausting shenanigans have happened in the interim.
In case you missed it, the state board of education elected a new president and vice president this morning
Let’s start with the best news of the week: A groundbreaking ceremony was held earlier this week for a new charter school in Cincinnati the first IDEA school in t
Fordham’s own Chad Aldis testified before the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee yesterday on SB 229.
NOTE: Today, the Ohio House of Representatives’ Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on SB 229.
If you, like me, were hoping that passage of the new school funding formula—and especially the end of those hated school choice deductions from district finances—would make district treasurers happier than dogs in a butcher’s shop, early indications are that you were mistaken.
The elected board of Youngstown City Schools voted earlier this week to amend their academic “improvement” plan per the recommendations returned to t
The new nominal head of the Cleveland Metropolitan School district is… But you already guessed that, didn’t you? (The Land, 11/2/21)
In case you missed it while you were busy finalizing your costume for Halloween, Governor DeWine appointed two new state school board members late in
As we have been following in these here clips, the pilot program for a new approach to Covid-exposure quarantines in schools was deemed a success.
The leaders of Akron City Schools say they want a “reset” after dealing with a concerning uptick in behavio
Here is a story about the status of the three Ohio school districts currently operating under the (nominal) aegis of an Academic Distress Commission.
