Gadfly Bites 4/12/18 - Bedrock
Jeff MurrayChad is quoted in this piece covering this week’s flurry of legislation related to Ohio’s academic distress paradigm. The various legislators and officials quoted seem all over the map in terms of what they want and on the varying merits of the possible paths to get there.
Gadfly Bites 4/10/19 – Sorry haters
Jeff MurrayQuantity vs. quality is the theme for our first set of clips, I think.
Gadfly Bites 4/8/19 – Formulaic
Jeff MurrayWE'RE BACK FROM LAST WEEK'S CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM/VACATION – I HAVE A NOTE IF YOU NEED IT
Gadfly Bites 4/3/19 – But that trick never works!
Jeff MurrayHey there, school funding fans!
Tackling Ohio’s toughest education challenges: Eliminate districts’ ability to bargain away their managerial rights
Ohio Education GadflyEditor’s Note: Back in September 2018, awaiting the election of our next governor, we at the Fordham Institute began developing a set of policy proposals that we belie
Gadfly Bites 4/1/19 – 100 percent legit clips
Jeff MurrayEditors in Columbus opined this m
Gadfly Bites 3/29/19 – Pssst! There is no fiscal chaos in Lorain. Pass it on.
Jeff MurrayA
Gadfly Bites 3/27/19 – Colossal
Jeff MurrayFordham is namechecked in this story taking an Ohio angle on
Tackling Ohio’s toughest education challenges: Create a preschool scholarship for low- to middle-income students
Ohio Education GadflyEditor’s Note: Back in September 2018, awaiting the election of our next governor, we at the Fordham Institute began developing a set of policy proposals that we belie
Gadfly Bites 3/25/19 – Sometimes you’re just wrong
Jeff MurrayFour months ago, Say Yes to Education was a firm “maybe” for expanding to Cleveland.
Gadfly Bites 3/22/19 – Another curious use of the conditional
Jeff MurrayAs befits a school with a long-standing and storied journalism school (hi Kaleigh!), Ohio University—Athens seems to have a wide variety of outlets for pub
Gadfly Bites 3/20/19 – THIS is what you guys want to protect?
Jeff Murray“Deterioration”? “Goosebumps”? Seriously, you guys?
Gadfly Bites 3/18/19 – “Addition by subtraction”
Jeff MurrayAs you may have heard, Governor DeWine released his first biennial budget on
Highlights from Governor DeWine’s K–12 education budget
Aaron ChurchillOn Friday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine released his state budget proposals for fiscal years 2020–21. While we await the detailed policy language that will come when his budget is put into bill form in the General Assembly, his outline doesn’t offer much in the way of surprises.
Fordham Institute media statement on release of Governor DeWine’s budget
Ohio Education GadflyGovernor Mike DeWine unveiled his first biennial budget proposal today, including a number of important recommendations for K-12 education. “The governor’s budget proposal lives up to its billing,” said Chad L. Aldis, Vice President for Ohio Policy and Advocacy at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
Gadfly Bites 3/15/19 – “The governor must not let the children of Youngstown become pawns in the political games in Columbus”
Jeff MurrayWell well well. Perhaps not everyone in Ohio has lost their minds.
Gadfly Bites 3/13/19 – With Apologies to Eva, or The (Mis)Education of Paolo DeMaria
Jeff MurrayThe
Gadfly Bites 3/11/19 – I guess if your only tool is a multi-user spreadsheet and a raft of Ph.D.s…
Jeff MurrayIn case you missed it last week, the USDOE touted a tax credit program propo
Gadfly Bites 3/8/19 – You have diagnose the right ailment first
Jeff MurrayEditors in Toledo
Four things to look for in Governor DeWine’s education budget
Aaron ChurchillGovernor Mike DeWine is expected to release his biennial budget proposal next week, which will include his plan to fund education.
Gadfly Bites 3/6/19 – How many clips do you really need?
Jeff MurrayJust one clip today, but it feels pretty important somehow.
Gadfly Bites 3/4/19 – Parallels
Jeff MurrayThis piece about a group of high-performing charter school
Policy Brief: Ohio Community School Governance
Jessica PoinerA thorough overview of Ohio's charter/community school governance framework
Gadfly Bites 2/22/19 – What is the early bird to do if the worm doesn’t show up?
Jeff MurrayEditors in Columbus opined yesterday on at least part of the findings in the latest CREDO study of charter school performance in Ohio.
Gadfly Bites 2/20/19 – Some things considered
Jeff MurrayIn case you missed it, researchers
Gadfly Bites 2/18/19 – You are Here
Jeff MurrayAt least one district treasurer in Butler County finds the biennial state budget process “complicated and scary”.