Gadfly Bites 4/29/22—Updates
Jeff MurrayAnyone want an update on how the haters’ anti-voucher lawsuit is going? Me neither. But here it is anyway.
Gadfly Bites 4/27/22—In the big leagues
Jeff MurrayArts and College Preparatory Academy (a.k.a. ACPA) here in Columbus was the highest rated charter high school in Ohio, according to U.S. News and World Report.
The EdChoice scholarship program is accountable to taxpayers and parents
Larry KeoughNOTE: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute occasionally publishes guest commentaries on its blogs. The views expressed by guest authors do not necessarily reflect those of Fordham.
Gadfly Bites 4/25/22—Notice that no actual teaching is inferred or implied by anyone
Jeff Murray
Make EdChoice friendlier to dual-earning families
Aaron ChurchillApril is drawing to a close, and that (thankfully) means the end of tax season.
Gadfly Bites 4/20/22—Parks and wreck
Jeff MurrayApologies for the inadvertent time warp in Monday’s clips. Should have been dated 4/18, of course. Proper 4/22 version coming up Friday!
Gadfly Bites 4/15/22—McD’s gets degrees
Jeff MurrayHere’s a fantastic story about Jeannette Boyle of East Canton who recently earned
Gadfly Bites 4/11/22—Consolidate! Consolidaaaate!!
Jeff MurrayWhy yes, that is a Doctor Who/Dalek reference in the title of today’s clips. How astute of you to notice!
Gadfly Bites 4/6/22—Scraping the bottom: Plasma and PBS
Jeff MurrayNot much to talk about at all today; and what there is, well… Just take a look.
Gadfly Bites 3/21/22—So hard
Jeff MurrayNot much to talk about today, but at least the clip we have features my colleague Aaron Churchill talking about a topic near and dear to all of
Gadfly Bites 3/18/22—Heads in the sand
Jeff MurrayData guru Aaron Churchill is quoted here and some of his Fordham-produced data is cited as well on the topic of enrollment declines in Miami V
Gadfly Bites 3/16/22—Let’s call it wordsmithing
Jeff MurrayLots of inaccurate and misleading information here, if you ask me, regarding the financial situation in Ross Local Schools.
The consequences of a successful anti-voucher lawsuit
Jessica PoinerEarlier this year, the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding filed a lawsuit aimed at eliminating the state’s EdChoice Scholarship Program
Gadfly Bites 3/14/22—Debunked but still in use
Jeff MurrayTrust me, none of these elected school board members in Berea are any better informed about school choice than they were before the
Gadfly Bites 3/11/22—Everybody needs a Yugo sometime, I guess
Jeff MurrayDon’t look now, but it seems that a number of Ohio school districts are tentatively starting to declare victory against the Covid slide in student progress and achievement.
Gadfly Bites 3/9/22—Schools of choice, people
Jeff MurrayA seeming hodgepodge of clips today, but the throughline is delish. Check it out. First up is an opinion piece from a long-time columnist at the Dayton Daily News with whom I am not familiar. Perhaps he has never written about education previously?
Gadfly Bites 3/7/22—Woe and whoa
Jeff MurrayWhile the days of multiple Columbus City Schools buildings “pivoting to remote learning” due to huge numbers of absent staff members seem to be over for now,
Gadfly Bites 3/4/22—I believe the proper term is “between gigs”
Jeff MurrayI am reasonably sure that some of you, my lovely readers, occasionally say to yourselves, “Gadfly Bites is being too hard on this or that media outlet; surely it is not skewing coverage of certain topics as much as our humble clips compiler thinks.” Perhaps you are correct from time to time, but piec