Gadfly Bites 5/8/19 – Slightly less
It’s budget season around here, which I think is kind of like allergy season: Endless, persistent, and annoying, but with slightly less snot.
It’s budget season around here, which I think is kind of like allergy season: Endless, persistent, and annoying, but with slightly less snot.
This spring’s school funding debates have revolved around the needs of poor students. Governor Mike DeWine has proposed a significant bump in state spending targeted at low-income students.
Kinda weird: Fordham’s Chad Aldis gets more column inches than the ed board themselves in this editorial
NOTE: The Finance Committee of the Ohio House of Representatives today heard testimony on Substitute House Bill 166, the biennial budget bill.
The only education news that anyone is interested in to close this week is the passage of HB 154 out of both the House committee and out of the full House
I think the mission of the Elyria YWCA got hijacked by tantruming toddlers somehow.
Editor’s Note: Back in September 2018, awaiting the election of our next governor, we at the Fordham Institute began developing a set of policy proposals that we believe can lead to increased achievement and greater opportunities for Ohio students. This is one of those policy proposals.
There are several questions and a ton of out-of-date information in this piece looking at
The benevolent, student-centric process of “school absorption” described in this piece is not possible given the way charter and district schools are run i
It may be quiet around Capitol Square this week, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things for Fordhamites to talk about.
For the past few years, Ohio policymakers, educators, and advocates have been paying close attention to a “looming crisis” in educational attainment.
The thrust of this article is that the three finalists
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: Budget season is silly season. And reporters are not immune.
Another meeting was held this week to screech (“thrust!” “scream!” “fight!” “evil!” “damning!” “crafted in darkness!”) and
Much of the Capitol Square chatter revolves around the school funding plan put forward last month by Representatives Robert Cupp and John Patterson.
Chad is quoted in this piece covering this week’s flurry of legislation related to Ohio’s academic distress paradigm. The various legislators and officials quoted seem all over the map in terms of what they want and on the varying merits of the possible paths to get there.
Quantity vs. quality is the theme for our first set of clips, I think.
WE'RE BACK FROM LAST WEEK'S CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM/VACATION – I HAVE A NOTE IF YOU NEED IT
NOTE: The Finance Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education of the Ohio House of Representatives today heard testimony on HB 166, the state’s biennial budget bill.
Hey there, school funding fans!
Editor’s Note: Back in September 2018, awaiting the election of our next governor, we at the Fordham Institute began developing a set of policy proposals that we belie
Last week, Ohio Representatives Robert Cupp and John Patterson unveiled their much-anticipated school funding plan.
Editors in Columbus opined this m
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Fordham is namechecked in this story taking an Ohio angle on
Editor’s Note: Back in September 2018, awaiting the election of our next governor, we at the Fordham Institute began developing a set of policy proposals that we belie
Four months ago, Say Yes to Education was a firm “maybe” for expanding to Cleveland.
As befits a school with a long-standing and storied journalism school (hi Kaleigh!), Ohio University—Athens seems to have a wide variety of outlets for pub
“Deterioration”? “Goosebumps”? Seriously, you guys?