Gadfly Bites 5/27/20 – If we do say so ourselves…

Gadfly Bites 5/22/20 – The COVID slide

Gadfly Bites 5/20/20 – Public utility

While the sample is small and unrepresentative, the details on student engagement with distance learning in Northeast Ohio

Gadfly Bites 5/18/20 – “Happy to have something”

Gadfly Bites 5/15/20 – As the Heights goes, so goes Ohio…or something like that.

We’ll start today’s clips with old legal news.

Gadfly Bites 5/13/20 – Kids win one; kids lose all the rest.

In this difficult time, I’m sure you’ll agree that we have to take whatever sunshine we can get.

Gadfly Bites 5/11/20 – Impending doom?

Folks across the state are interested in the topic of how best to issue grades for K-12 students participating in remote learning in the final quarter of the school year

Gadfly Bites 5/8/20 – Swift and coordinated

Gadfly Bites 5/6/20 – It’s literally never about the kids.

Gadfly Bites 5/4/20 – One, minus one-half, minus six = hosed.

We start the week with our own Aaron Churchill’s latest op-ed. Title: “Even in a crisis, students must earn their diplomas”. Wonder how that’s going to go over? (Vindy.com, 5/3/20)

Gadfly Bites 5/1/20 – “Keep working hard, and we’ll see what we can do.”

As we have discussed several times so far, there are certain things that even the Mighty ‘Rona can’t stop.

The post-pandemic education landscape in Ohio

When Governor DeWine announced that Ohio schools would remain closed for the rest of the 2019–20 school year, many students and parents immediately began to wonder what school will look like in the fall. Given the unpredictably of COVID-19, it’s impossible to know.

Gadfly Bites 4/29/20 – Neener-neener

We’ll start today with what should probably be news from the “no duh” department: the so-called “online gaming”

Two ways that Governor DeWine should use K–12 federal relief funds

As part of the gargantuan aid package recently passed by Congress, Ohio will soon receive $105 million through the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund.

Gadfly Bites 4/27/20 – Strong guidance

Gadfly Bites 4/24/20 – That light at the end of the tunnel could be a freight train

Gadfly Bites 4/22/20 – Distantly

Gadfly Bites 4/20/20 – “As well as can be expected.”

At the start of week six of school building closures in Ohio, Cincinnati City Schools is here said to be “muddling through” whatever it is they have been doing.

Gadfly Bites 4/17/20 – New Normal, party of one

Three ways Ohio schools can use this summer to stem learning loss from the coronavirus pandemic

EDITOR'S NOTE: On April 20, 2020, Governor DeWine ordered that schools should remain closed to in-person learning for the rest of the 2019-20 school year. Thus, the first option presented here has been rendered unfeasible.

Gadfly Bites 4/15/20 – There is no “fail”

Gadfly Bites 4/13/20 – Fare well

Gadfly Bites 4/10/20 – Stuck

The guardians of status quo in education in Ohio are here said to be looking for exemptions to everything – testing, accountability, requirements, etc. Soooooo many exemptions.

Four ways Ohio can prepare for the likely school funding crunch to come

With the economy in free fall due to the coronavirus pandemic, schools across the nation are very likely to face significant fiscal challenges.

Gadfly Bites 4/8/20 – Local determination

In case you missed it earlier this week, the Ohio Department of Education released guidance for schools and districts on how to issue coronadiplomas to

What does the federal stimulus package mean for Ohio schools?

On March 27, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act.

Gadfly Bites 4/6/20 – Decision points

Gadfly Bites 4/3/20 – Lost

Gadfly Bites 4/1/20 – Reckoning?

On Monday it was announced that Ohio schools will remain closed until at least April 30.