While there isn’t anything good—if you ask me (which, thankfully, no one ever does)—about the plan to induce school districts across the state to pay a bunch of lawyers to execute what will likely be a years-long court battle against school choice, the launch of the public induction effort to that en
We’ll start today with my favorite riddle (heard here many times before). When is a charter school not a charter school? When an Ohio newspaper wants to say something nice about them!
Peter Greene gets a twofer in swiping at standardized testing and Ohio’s
Remember back before the pandemic when school districts were being overly cautious about the student wellness funding approved in the last biennial budget?
Fordham’s Chad Aldis was quoted on the importance of conducting state tests this school year.
Preble Shawnee Local Schools failed to pass a levy in November, the latest in a long line of renewal failures over the last five years.
It was widely noted on Friday that the new school funding plan that passed the House faced less-affirmative prospects in the Ohio Senate (see what I did there?) due to the complexity of the issue and the time remaining in the lame duck legislative session.
In case you missed it, Chad testified before the House Finance Committee yesterday as an interested party on the Cupp-Patterson school funding overhaul bill.
NOTE: Gadfly Bites is back after a Thanksgiving break. Clips cover November 25 – 30.
NOTE: Gadfly Bites will be off on Friday for Thanksgiving break. Back on Monday, November 30.
NOTE: Bites is back from a short vacation. Today’s clips cover 11/19 – 11/23/20.
The 2019–20 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report provides insight into our sponsorship work during the year and the performance of our sponsored schools.
NOTE: Gadfly Bites will be on vacation this Friday, November 20, and will return with a full catch up on Monday, November 23.
This is another one of those stories where kids and families are the focus of the discussion, but no one bothered to ask any kids or parents their thoughts.
While students in grades 6-12 in Troy City Schools have indeed moved to fully-remote learning for a couple of weeks—as we talked about on Wednesday—
The Cleveland Public Library is partnering with nonprofit PCs for People to help distribute computers and WiFi hotspots for
A Catholic school in North Canton whipped from fully in-person learning to a fully-remote model last week (cancelling a day of school and weeks’ worth of planned sports a
Just your regular reminder, in case you are not a parent in K–12 education in Ohio—that there’s still a whipsaw pandemic going on out there.
Did you know that in Ohio you can place a levy reduction issue on the ballot? I didn’t either until I read this story.
Our own Aaron Churchill was large and in charge on the commentary page of Cleveland.com today, talking about the Cleveland-specific fi
The headline of this story asks “How is back-to-school going?” in the Cincinnati region. Folks quoted here largely say it’s going pretty well.
Fordham (probably our Ohio by the Numbers data although who can really tell?) is namechecked in this piece looking at the thorny subject of school funding.
We heard on Wednesday that the boost in rona cases across the state were a threat to in-person education.
COMPILER’S NOTE: Gadfly Bites will be on vacation next week. (“Thank goodness!” I hear you cry. “You need a break. Hopefully you will return refreshed, renewed, and ready to boost up what has been—let’s face it, man—your recent mediocre work.
Cincinnati City Schools is going to a hybrid in-person/remote model after all, starting next week.
In Cincinnati, some of the district’s whipsawed parents speak. (Spectrum News 1, 10/5/20)
Another day, another raft of evidence that parents looking for certainty are well and truly hosed.
For some reason meeting on a Saturday, the elected board of Dayton City Schools unanimously approved a phased-in plan to bring students back for a
Here’s an in-depth look at the first month of the school year at Xenia’s St. Brigid School.
