Gadfly Bites 5/26/21—“I was skeptical... And it caused me to dig deeper into my data.”

Only one clip of note today, but that’s OK. I’m still resting up from Monday’s exertions. Plus, this is a weirdly interesting one.

Gadfly Bites 5/24/21—Perhaps they are referring to the party game?

This headline, as with almost every legislation-related headline that includes it, misuses the term “limbo” in referencing the topic of education funding reform. (13ABC News, Toledo, 5/22/21)

Gadfly Bites 5/21/21—No thanks for the memories

Those of you with good memories will no doubt recall that eligibility criteria for the state’s Quality Charter School funding was a source of some discussion in 2019 and 2020.

Gadfly Bites 5/19/21—“Our kids have never been where they need to be.”

While we heard on Monday about how far behind Columbus City Schools’ seniors are, here is a positive “beyond-the-pod” story where we learn a lot about another church-affiliated non-profit doing the work of tutoring, supporti

Gadfly Bites 5/17/21—Some…weirdness

Several odd stories in the news since Friday. First up: some community members in Tipp City are on a crusade to remove certain elected school board members due to what they say is a decline in the “quality of education and overall health” of the district.

Gadfly Bites 5/14/21 – STEM-tastic!

Gadfly Bites is back from vacation. Hope you missed me as much as I missed you! 

Gadfly Bites 5/10/21 – The waitlist

Gadfly Bites will be on vacation Wednesday. Back with more fun on Friday.

Gadfly Bites 5/7/21 – “Education, in general, is stressful anytime.”

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Gadfly Bites 5/5/21 – Laser focus

I must admit that I didn’t read or watch yesterday’s budget testimony in the Senate Primary and Secondary Education Committee yesterday. (I’ll be sure to be watching today, though, boss.

Gadfly Bites 5/3/21 – “Mask-erade” indeed.

While Fordham’s own Chad Aldis notes a couple of positive aspects of the current school funding revamp which is now stuffed into the s

Gadfly Bites 4/30/21 – Megaphone

Chad Aldis and the Fordham Institute make up part of the “balance” in this story, which is otherwise all-in for the school funding revamp currently included in the state budget.

Gadfly Bites 4/28/21 – Fiscal excellence

Brunswick City Schools recently celebrated its third “clean audit” award over the last seven years, bestowed by the Auditor of State.

Gadfly Bites 4/26/21 – “Everybody's got to feel a little pain.”

I am honestly not sure how any school district is in financial hardship at the moment, given the Covid-relief largesse sluicing in, but it appears that Mansfield City Schools is in such a state and its elected board duly finalized a cost-saving plan last week intended to get the district out of that

Gadfly Bites 4/24/21 – Where the suburbs met utopia

With apologies to Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, today’s clips all hail from Suburbia.

Gadfly Bites 4/21/21 – Winnowing

Fordham’s Chad Aldis provided opponent testimony on HB 200 in committee yesterday.

Gadfly Bites 4/19/21 – Summer/Fall

Here is a look at more “summer school” pandemic remediation plans in school districts across central Ohio.

Gadfly Bites 4/16/21 – The fox guarding the henhouse

There is no author attributed to this commentary piece regarding school report card reform options (and school funding and several other things) so I have no idea who to thank for

Gadfly Bites 4/14/21 – Past, present, and future

We start out today with a great, in-depth look back at this school year as experienced in

Gadfly Bites 4/12/21 – Policy by WalletHub

The editors at Vindy.com seem preoccupied with Ohio’s lowly ranking in a recent WalletHub report on return on taxpayer investment in education.

Gadfly Bites 4/9/21 – You wouldn’t have to rebrand if your original branding was good

There appears to be a difference of opinion among several of the elected school board members in charge of Wellington Exempted Village Schools if this piece is any indication.

Gadfly Bites 4/7/21 – “That's now an expectation.”

Fordham’s Aaron Churchill gives Cleveland.com a history lesson in this piece, explaining how school funding has changed, and how subsequen

Gadfly Bites 4/5/21 – Getting in the game

Hey! Have you heard of this brand new media outlet called The Week?! I stumbled across it in my searching for clips for you, loyal subscribers, and I have to assume that it’s brand new (despite what its masthead would suggest).

Gadfly Bites 4/2/21 – The full “experience”

Gadfly Bites 3/31/21 – Have I been using my “downstairs brain” all this time?

In case you didn’t know, dedicated Gadfly Bites subscribers, your humble clips compiler is the quintessential “old dog”. As such, acquisition of “new tricks” is something of a challenge.

The calculus of student absenteeism

School attendance is compulsory for K–12 students, but getting kids to school every day is often difficult for families. Most parents want their children to attend school. But for those living in poverty, competing needs like jobs, medical appointments, and sibling care sometimes render school a lower priority.

Gadfly Bites 3/29/21 – It takes three?

Perhaps Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock had it wrong all those years ago?

Gadfly Bites 3/26/21 – What the heck is a “successful response”?

Maybe y’all saw this? Apparently Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon participated on some national panel with U.S. Ed Sec Cardona this week about school reopening.

Gadfly Bites 3/24/21 – April Fool’s Day comes early

Somehow, I don't think Bay Village City Schools is going to be submitting much of a remediation plan to Governor DeWine by the April 1 deadline.

Gadfly Bites 3/22/21 – “The past isn’t that important, what has happened is over and done with.”

Here’s another story that strives to answer the question “How awesome are pandemic learning pods?” Unfortunately for the way my brain wor

Gadfly Bites 3/19/21 – A thorough job

Fordham is namechecked in this piece on the passage of HB 67 out of the General Assembly earlier this week.