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Gadfly Bites 1/10/22—Cold doses of reality
OSU professor and Columbus City Schools dad Vladimir Kogan hit the pages of the Dispatch today with a cold dose of reality.
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Gadfly Bites 1/7/22—The future could be now
I’m sure my long-suffering tenured subscribers have noted that I am not clipping stories about which schools are closed/open/remote/in-person/hybrid/winging it due to SARS-CoV-2-related issues these days, despite the fact that education reporters (and government reporters and crime reporters a
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Gadfly Bites 1/5/22—New lawsuit just dropped!
Remember last year when Red (Taylor’s Version) dropped and everyone was really excited that Taylor Swift had rerecorded her amazing album—making it even better in the process—in order to reclaim ownership of her music?
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Gadfly Bites 1/4/22—“A great choice for us.”
We’re back a day early (that’ll teach you!) with a roundup of clips we missed between December 22 and 31, 2021. Back with regular thrice-weekly publication for 2022 starting tomorrow. You have been warned.
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Predicting the top Ohio education issues for 2022
Every holiday season, those of us at the Ohio Gadfly try to predict what the new year will bring for education. This year is no exception.
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K–12 education in Ohio: The top four stories from 2021
As every year does, 2021 began with much optimism. Vaccines were rolling out, businesses were reopening, and the economy was on the mend. But then, as always, reality set in. While most Americans were vaccinated, the pandemic dragged on. The economy continued to pick up, but so did inflation. The year in K–12 education followed a similar pattern.
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Most read blog posts of 2021
Fordham Ohio’s blogging output this year was varied and prodigious.
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Gadfly Bites 12/22/21—The high cost of consolidation
This is our last edition for the year. (No. Don’t cry.) We’ll be back on Tuesday, January 4, with a final look at 2021. Regular thrice weekly publication will resume starting Wednesday, January 5. (Then you’ll have reason to cry.)
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Gadfly Bites 12/20/21—It’ll probably cost however much they’ve got
The administration and elected school board of Green Local Schools announced last week that federal Covid-relief money will be u
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Gadfly Bites 12/17/21—Problem solved
We have been talking a lot this week about the Youngstown CEO’s unappreciated past, unbalanced present, and unlikely future in the district.
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Gadfly Bites 12/15/21—Not Justin time
A teacher unionization effort is underway at Menlo Park Academy, the only Ohio charter school specifically for gifted stu
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Gadfly Bites 12/13/21—Crystal
It appears likely that current district CEO Justin Jennings will not be superintendent of Youngstown City Schools when the elected school
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Gadfly Bites 12/10/21—Simple cleanup
Another quiet news cycle to end the week. The Ohio Senate this week passed SB 229.
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Gadfly Bites 12/8/21—Fantastical
I am always amused when average citizens attempt to handwave serious problems away by saying that “They should do something”. Not to minimize those nuisances at all, but the response to them follows a predictable and perhaps less-than-helpful pattern.
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Gadfly Bites 12/6/21—Oh, there will still be plenty of academic distress—don’t you worry
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Gadfly Bites 12/3/21—Cloudy with a chance of baloney
There are only two times when school report cards are deemed correct by school district officials: the first is when they show traditional district schools
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Gadfly Bites 12/1/21—Janky
Where the heck are the education news stories these days? Only one to cover today, but at least it’s pretty interesting.
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Gadfly Bites 11/29/21—Revenge of the nerds
We’re back from the Thanksgiving holiday break, laden with leftovers.
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Gadfly Bites 11/24/21—Rekindling, blazing, and firing up
No Bites on Friday (to help you avoid indigestion). Back Monday after Thanksgiving. Let’s hope there are some clips worth snarking upon when we return.
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Reform-minded school board members should push for choice, science of reading
In the wake of the November elections, hundreds of new school board members will soon take their seats overseeing Ohio’s 600 plus districts.
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Gadfly Bites 11/22/21—The opposite of appreciation
We’re back after a short break. Looks like we missed a couple of humdingers. Let’s get to it!
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Gadfly Bites 11/17/21—The phantom menace
Gadfly Bites will be taking a little break on Friday. (Stop cheering back there, you ingrates!) We’ll be back on Monday to catch up with whatever exhausting shenanigans have happened in the interim.
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Gadfly Bites 11/15/21—No, it’s SUPER great!
In case you missed it, the state board of education elected a new president and vice president this morning
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Gadfly Bites 11/12/21—Captain Ron
Let’s start with the best news of the week: A groundbreaking ceremony was held earlier this week for a new charter school in Cincinnati the first IDEA school in t
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Gadfly Bites 11/10/21—Defined as an increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent
Fordham’s own Chad Aldis testified before the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee yesterday on SB 229.
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Testimony presented before the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee on 11/9/21
NOTE: Today, the Ohio House of Representatives’ Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on SB 229.
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Gadfly Bites 11/8/21—Cannot compute
If you, like me, were hoping that passage of the new school funding formula—and especially the end of those hated school choice deductions from district finances—would make district treasurers happier than dogs in a butcher’s shop, early indications are that you were mistaken.
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Gadfly Bites 11/5/21—The smack of realism
The elected board of Youngstown City Schools voted earlier this week to amend their academic “improvement” plan per the recommendations returned to t
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Gadfly Bites 11/3/21—It’s just like “Room and Zoom”, only without the room…or the Zoom
The new nominal head of the Cleveland Metropolitan School district is… But you already guessed that, didn’t you? (The Land, 11/2/21)
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Gadfly Bites 11/1/21—Trick, or treat?
In case you missed it while you were busy finalizing your costume for Halloween, Governor DeWine appointed two new state school board members late in
