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Gadfly Bites 7/15/24—Scratching out a win
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Gadfly Bites 7/12/24—Sir! No enrollment from any outside district, sir!
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State action is needed to ensure districts actually close underutilized schools
For the past six months, Columbus City Schools leadership has mulled the closure of multiple school buildings.
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Gadfly Bites 7/8/24—Invasion of the Bougie Snatchers!
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Gadfly Bites 7/5/24—The sound of nothing
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Gadfly Bites 7/3/24—I’m backing the kids over the adults, every time
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Gadfly Bites 7/1/24—Plaudits where plaudits are due
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School Finance
Gadfly Bites 6/28/24—Suffering losses
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School Finance
Will Ohio ever put an end to school funding “guarantees”?
This is fourth in a series in which I examine issues in K–12 education that Ohio leaders should tackle in the next biennial state budget.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/26/24—Unvarnished
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Interested party testimony on Ohio Senate Bill 168—6/25/24
Note: Today, the Ohio House’s Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 168 which would, among other things, deregulate many aspects of K-12 education in the stat
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Gadfly Bites 6/24/24—Schools that cannot fulfill their academic role shouldn’t spend a penny on anything else
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Gadfly Bites 6/21/24—November can’t come soon enough
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Gadfly Bites 6/19/24—Neighborly
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Gadfly Bites 6/17/24—Losing ground, raising voices
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Gadfly Bites 6/14/24—Money to burn
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Gadfly Bites 6/12/24—You ain’t seen nothing yet
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A closer look at how Ohio fared on Strada’s State Opportunity Index
Over the last few years, Ohio leaders have focused on improving education-to-workforce pathways through a variety of
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Gadfly Bites 6/10/24—Play the hits!
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Gadfly Bites 6/7/24—How to
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Gadfly Bites 6/5/24—Some good news, some bad news, and some silliness
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School Finance
Ohio’s school funding formula is hurting open enrollment
Changes to the way districts are funded when they accept open enrolled students from outside their borders threatens to shrink a popular and important public school choice program. This longstanding option must remain widely available and robust.
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Gadfly Bites 5/31/24—Maybe it IS a culture thing
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Gadfly Bites 5/29/24—If we really want to compare apples to apples…
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Gadfly Bites 5/24/24—The narrative
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Give Ohio teachers control over their own retirement
The soap opera at the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS), the entity that manages Ohio’s teacher pensions, has made non-stop headlines of late.
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Gadfly Bites 5/22/24—Ohio shows the world
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Gadfly Bites 5/15/24—PR time
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Ohio needs to fix its method for counting and funding low-income students
This is second in a series where I examine issues in K–12 education that Ohio leaders should tackle in the next biennial state budget.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 5/13/24—Funhouse mirror vibes
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