Gadfly Bites 8/12/22—Fifty percent of these clips are one hundred percent awesome

We’ll start with the good stuff.

Gadfly Bites 8/10/22—Flexibility

In case you missed it, the Thomas B.

Gadfly Bites 8/8/22—Whine and ye shall receive

After two editions of the Bites in which I complained about news coverage of new charter schools, I must give

Gadfly Bites 8/5/22—Deferred maintenance

A friendly reminder from your humble clips complier that there is

Gadfly Bites 8/3/22—Far less than full chisel

Last year’s rancor between the elected board of Cincinnati City Schools and the Southwest Ohio Regional Transportation Authority (SORTA) seems to be forgotten.

Teachers unions’ power to elect school board members

Just over a decade ago, the Brookings Institution published Terry Moe’s eye-opening book on teachers unions. His study revealed how local unions shape public education through the process of electing school board members.

Gadfly Bites 8/1/22—It’s all Greek to me

I’m sure I alluded to this (or, more likely, I probably outright said it) when we first discussed Dayton City Schools’ plans for a new K-12 catch-all school for students whose first language is not English, but I think it

Gadfly Bites 7/29/22—The one hand and the other hand

This is a story about the first day of the new school year this week at Columbus’ only year-round school.

Gadfly Bites 7/27/22—The one thing teachers always seem prepared for

It only took them three years, but you heard it here first: Columbus City Schools is better

Gadfly Bites 7/25/22—Lightweight

So sorry to miss you all on Friday. Unavoidable. Back again to jumpstart your week with some krazy klips.

Gadfly Bites 7/20/22—Magnanimity

This story attempts to make the point that Covid learni

Gadfly Bites 7/18/22—At least two of these are horrible situations

First up this week, Fordham’s Aaron Churchill had

Gadfly Bites 7/15/22—The Full Koogan

Back in April, we talked about the new Math Corps program coming to Toledo this summer, especially highlighting the ambitious promises (“proven track record of success”) made by its leader for student achievement.

Gadfly Bites 7/13/22—Popp Goes the Tiger

I’m not sure whether the voucher haters suing the state of Ohio over the EdChoice Scholarship Program had been waiting on a critical mass of cranky-yet-gullible school districts to pay up for join their pathetic ba

Gadfly Bites 7/11/22—There will always be a need

Five voter-determined seats on the state board of education are u

Gadfly Bites 7/8/22—“Hyperbolic” is also an adjective

“Great”. “Astounding”. “Life-changing”.

Gadfly Bites 7/6/22—Better late than never?

We’re back after a holiday break and cleaning up a little bit of old news.

Gadfly Bites 7/1/22—A token

Internal numbers and state test score data indicate that Dayt

Gadfly Bites 6/29/22—Summer summer summer

This piece is very short—less than 200 words—but I count at least seven lofty goals crammed into the brief discussion of a five

Gadfly Bites 6/27/22—One story; one school year

I actually thought I would have a first today: no pieces to clip at all. But here’s one that is worth standing on its own, for a number of reasons.

Gadfly Bites 6/24/22—Too angry for (accurate) words

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Gadfly Bites 6/22/22—Follow the science? I’m not sure I can even find the science.

Since I assume all of my loyal Gadfly Bites subscribers (happy summer to all 9 of you!) pay attention to all things Fordham and not just me (seriously, if you don’t, you definitely should), I will assume that you all read

Gadfly Bites 6/17/22—More ESSER money, more space to fill

Gadfly Bites 6/15/22—Relevance

Gadfly Bites 6/13/22—The old “save and spend”

Gadfly Bites 6/10/22—Transformative

Gadfly Bites 6/8/22—My favorite season

Some people like fall. Some people like summer. My favorite time of year is graduation season, especially when you get an interesting crop of news stories like these.

Gadfly Bites 6/6/22—That door does occasionally revolve

Gadfly Bites 6/3/22—I suppose that “Great Renaissance” and “Great Enlightenment” might sound like too much of a commitment

Gadfly Bites 6/1/22—Blockage