Gadfly Bites 2/15/23—The price is wrong

The Senate Education Committee heard testimony on SB 1 yesterday.

Testimony presented before the Senate Education Committee on Senate Bill 1—2/14/23

NOTE: Today, the Ohio Senate’s Education Committee heard testimony on SB 1

Gadfly Bites 2/13/23—“It may never be a perfect system”

As I was reading this piece about

Gadfly Bites 2/10/23—Happy to share data

There’s not much substantive detail in this coverage, but the Ohio Department o

Gadfly Bites 2/8/23—News-adjacent

One assumes that

Gadfly Bites 2/6/23—“I’m a reader now. I can sound out the words.”

Here’s

Gadfly Bites 2/3/23—The good, the bad, and the obvious of voucher expansion

While Governor DeWine’s budget priorities included billions (billions I say!) to support a huge range of K-12 education priorities, lotsa folks out here in punditland only want to talk about proposed EdChoice Scholarship

Gadfly Bites 2/1/23—“A time of great opportunity”

In case you missed it,

Fordham Institute media statement on Governor DeWine’s education proposals

Today, Governor Mike DeWine announced his state budget priorities for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 in his state of the state address. Among his K–12 education proposals include bold steps that would greatly strengthen Ohio’s school choice programs.

Improving the accuracy of school funding data

Many states fund students who utilize school choice—public charter schools, private school voucher programs, interdistrict open enrollment, and the like—via “passthrough” mechanisms whereby per-pupil funding goes into a student’s home district coffers first before being transferred to the schools that stud

Gadfly Bites 1/30/23—Earnest pondering

The superintendent of LaBrae Local Schools (nope, me neither) has a list of interesting questions that

Gadfly Bites 1/27/23—Sometimes, I can’t even report ‘em

There are, in my estimation, only two people in Ohio (outside of state government, that is) who truly understand our school funding system. Neither of them is me.

Gadfly Bites 1/25/23—When you want something done, ask a busy person to do it

Three reasons why legislators are right to transform the state board of education

In December, state lawmakers rocked the boat during an otherwise sleepy lame duck session by moving forward with a proposal to significantly overhaul Ohio’s education governance structure.

Gadfly Bites 1/23/23—Impossible to overestimate

Despite the somewhat-traditional National School Choice Week snowfall,

Gadfly Bites 1/20/23—The extreme nitty gritty

The elect

Gadfly Bites 1/18/23—Checking in on the big districts

It’s an all-Urban 8 edition today.

Gadfly Bites 1/13/23—Anyone besides me kinda hope it’s cloudy that day?

We first noted this…unusual story last Friday, and simply alluded to it in the Bites because it seemed fanciful at the time.

Fordham Institute statement on introduction of Senate Bill 1

Today, Senator Bill Reineke introduced Senate Bill 1, legislation that would dramatically change the duties of the State Board of Education, create a Department of Education and Workforce Development, and make the new department part of the governor’s cabinet.

Gadfly Bites 1/11/23—Fool’s gold

New year, same as the old year, it seems.

Gadfly Bites 1/9/23—Welcomes, warm and otherwise

First things first: Looks like a deal was reached between Akron City Schools and its teachers union at some point over the weekend.

Gadfly Bites 1/6/23—“Obviously that’s not going to happen”

Our recent report on the impacts of Ohio’s EdChoice program on traditional district schools is one of two choice-focused report

Gadfly Bites 1/4/23—“Ultimately, I’d really, really like to solve a problem”

This is our first edition of the new year but we’re covering the final clips from 2022 first—specifically, those published between 12/24 and 12/31/22. Happy New Year, and welcome back!

Five predictions for Ohio education in 2023

It’s the new year, and that means football, resolutions, and predictions. Foreseeing the future, of course, is risky business—nothing is certain except death and taxes—but we can be pretty sure that the coming year will be a busy one for Ohio policymakers.

2022 in review: Ohio’s biggest education stories of the year

A key part of year-end celebrations is looking back and pondering the events of the past twelve months. Such reminiscing isn’t always pleasant, as there are inevitably things that we’d rather forget, but it’s important to take stock of what’s happened as we prepare for what’s next.

The most-read blogs of 2022

Fordham’s Ohio Gadfly readers were drawn, it seems, to practical matters in 2022. Our most-read blogs of the year cover topics such as curriculum, career education, and school choice. It is nice to know that, in a time of hot button rhetoric and political mania, topics closer to families’ and students’ lives garnered so much attention.

Recapping Fordham’s policy recommendations for the next General Assembly

Beginning in late summer, we published a series of policy briefs designed to help frame the biggest education issues facing Ohio lawmakers in the upcoming budget cycle. Here’s a quick look at the issues we covered and our policy recommendations. School choice

Gadfly Bites 12/23/22—”College is where I’m going… I have to go to college.”

This is our last edition of the year. Thanks for reading and subscribing. We’ll be back on 1/4/23 with a final Bite at 2022.

Gadfly Bites 12/21/22—Pressure-packed

Fordham’s Aaron Churchill has got a lot to say in this otherwise quiet week before Chr

Gadfly Bites 12/19/22—The opportunity

Ohio’s