Gadfly Bites 2/9/22—Down to the penny
Here’s a long piece from the Columbus Dispatch—there are other localized versions in other outlets across the state also—
Here’s a long piece from the Columbus Dispatch—there are other localized versions in other outlets across the state also—
A subset of northeast Ohio teachers and other school staffers speak out in this piece, no one holding back about why they are all s
In case you might have missed it since it’s not strictly an education story, Intel recently announced it was going to build an enormous silicon chip production facility in exurban central Ohio, promising thousands of good new jobs to the region.
Yesterday, the Dayton Daily News published an op-ed in support of the EdChoice voucher program<
As we have noted here many many times, state fiscal intervention in school districts is literally exactly the same as Academic Distress Commissions with regard to academics. Why, I ask you for the millionth time, is the district response always different?
In the early days of January, a coalition of traditional public school districts filed a lawsuit aimed at striking down
I was a little flippant about the ADC district audit story on Wednesday (how not unusual, I hear you all cry), so I decided to look at the media coverage a little more closely today.
It is, purportedly, a new day in the three Ohio school districts still nominally overseen by Academic Distress Commissions.
I said I wasn’t likely to clip stories about schools opening/closing/going remote unless they were excessively interesting to me. This one qualifies. Pickerington City Schools in suburban central Ohio has created a new plan to deal with staff shortages due to the pandemic.
Career-themed schools are still a thing in Toledo City School District, including what we’ll call
An interesting discussion of the importance of education in the Black community comes to us from Lima.
If you’re at all involved in Ohio education policy, you’ve heard about the anti-voucher lawsuit that was recently filed by the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding.
Ohio is one of 19 states whose state chapter withdrew from the National Association of School Boards last year in reaction to….well, you know.
Last week, it was the new school funding system delayed due to the…intricacies...of operationalizing new legislation.
OSU professor and Columbus City Schools dad Vladimir Kogan hit the pages of the Dispatch today with a cold dose of reality.
Exporting opposition
I’m sure my long-suffering tenured subscribers have noted that I am not clipping stories about which schools are closed/open/remote/in-person/hybrid/winging it due to SARS-CoV-2-related issues these days, despite the fact that education reporters (and government reporters and crime reporters a
Welcome back to our first edition of 2022, covering news from 12/17 – 12/31/21. We will return to regular weekly publication on Fridays starting tomorrow. Life advice and career advice
Remember last year when Red (Taylor’s Version) dropped and everyone was really excited that Taylor Swift had rerecorded her amazing album—making it even better in the process—in order to reclaim ownership of her music?
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
In the debates over private school scholarship (a.k.a. voucher) programs, one of opponents’ favorite talking points is to say that nonpublic schools are “unaccountable” or “unregulated.” To get a flavor, consider the following statements made over the past couple years:
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.