Gadfly Bites 1/18/19 – A single question with implications for tax policy, household budget, and gastronomy
When I was in school, a B- grade was nothing to rest upon.
When I was in school, a B- grade was nothing to rest upon.
We start today with sad (ish) news.
Here are two variations of how Lorain City Schools CEO’s first Town Hall meeting of 2019 went. They are somewhat different in tone and content.
In Ohio and across the nation, policymakers are contemplating sizeable increases to public outlays for early childhood programs, including ex
While I like the sentiment of course, this brief
A belated happy new year to all my loyal Gadfly Bites subscribers! At last, we’re catching up to all of the exciting education news clips so far in 2019. As with our 2018 wrap up, these clips are mainly presented in chronological order rather than organized to tell a story.
In 2015, Ohio imported a successful program used to help community college students in the City University of New York (CUNY) system persist in school and complete a degree in three years or less.
Like the roller-coasters at Cedar Point, the past year had its highs and lows.
Some have said that we’ve reached the end of education policy, but that seems to be far from the case in Ohio.
We’re back with a wrap up of education stories from the end of 2018 (published between 12/22 and 12/31)! These are listed in chronological order (mainly) rather than arranged to tell a story as per usual. Apologies for my appalling lack of effort. New Year, New Resolve. I Promise.
Our own Chad Aldis is quoted in this piece expressing hope that a “long term
Full access has ap
We start today with an oldie-but-goodie:
We here at Fordham are obsessed with data, in case you didn’t know. Never more so than at the end of the year when we look to see which of our many blog posts were most successful at catching the attention of you, our readers. We have crunched the numbers and consulted the experts, and here are your top five most-read blogs of 2018:
One of the key tenets of the American Dream is the opportunity for children to grow up to earn more than their parents. Although millions of Americans aspire to get ahead, there are considerable challenges—such as poverty and racial barriers—that can get in the way.
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Never the best at timing, the Ohio Department of Education yesterday released
Chad is quoted in this editorial wh
In case you missed it this week, the long-threatened extension of lowball, non-academic graduation requirements moved forward in the General Assembly.
Not much to say today in presenting these pieces.
We start today with some very nice coverage of
The topic of graduation requirements remains on the front burner for Ohio’s education reporters.
You’ve got to appreciate just how dedicated the folks at News5 in Northeast Ohio have become to the topic of graduation requirements.
As noted in the Bites on Friday,
How many times have I started a clips rundown with this sentence in the last 18 months?