Gadfly Bites 5/16/22—Wiggle room indeed

Toledo City Schools is looking at the possibility of re-implementing block scheduling for high schoolers in one of severa

Gadfly Bites 5/13/22—“Many roads”

Gadfly Bites 5/11/22—“More marketable”

Fordham Institute media statement on new state superintendent

Today, members of the State Board of Education voted to select Steve Dackin as the next state superintendent of public instruction with 14 out of 19 votes.

For whom the school bell tolls: Data on in-person learning in 2020-2021

School reopening decisions following emergency pandemic closures have been sources of much parental angst, pundit caterwauling, and political controversy. Now that most of the dust has settled, new research gauges what was really happening in U.S. schools during this turbulent time.

Gadfly Bites 5/9/22—Now, about those charter, STEM, and private school grads…

We’re back, y’all. Still drying out from a rainy vacation and covering clips from 5/4 – 5/9.

Gadfly Bites 5/4/22—Sounds like the same old conversations to me

Gadfly Bites 5/2/22—Long memory

Gadfly Bites 4/29/22—Updates

Anyone 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

Arts 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.

Gadfly Bites 4/25/22—Notice that no actual teaching is inferred or implied by anyone

Gadfly Bites 4/22/22—Mediocrity abides

Gadfly Bites 4/20/22—Parks and wreck

Apologies 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 4/18/22—Refurbishing required

Gadfly Bites 4/15/22—McD’s gets degrees

Here’s a fantastic story about Jeannette Boyle of East Canton who recently earned

Gadfly Bites 4/13/22—Space-y

Ohio’s teacher pension mess

Due to massive financial woes, Ohio suspended cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for retired teachers in July 2017.

Gadfly Bites 4/11/22—Consolidate! Consolidaaaate!!

Why yes, that is a Doctor Who/Dalek reference in the title of today’s clips. How astute of you to notice!

Gadfly Bites 4/8/22—Google it

Gadfly Bites 4/6/22—Scraping the bottom: Plasma and PBS

Not much to talk about at all today; and what there is, well… Just take a look.

Gadfly Bites 4/4/22—Grab bag

Gadfly Bites 4/1/22—Foolin’

Gadfly Bites 3/30/22—Next time leave out the fortune cookie

Gadfly Bites 3/28/22—Because the district might do what now?

Gadfly Bites 3/25/22—Standouts

Gadfly Bites 3/23/22—“Less buildings make you more efficient”

Gadfly Bites 3/21/22—So hard

Not 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

Data 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

Lots of inaccurate and misleading information here, if you ask me, regarding the financial situation in Ross Local Schools.

Gadfly Bites 3/14/22—Debunked but still in use

Trust me, none of these elected school board members in Berea are any better informed about school choice than they were before the