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Gadfly Bites 2/16/24—♫Chesterton is coming…to town♪
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Gadfly Bites 2/14/24—Level setting
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The impact of out-of-school enrichment activities on student skills
A new report suggests that too much time spent on enrichment activities outside of school is a harmful double whammy for young people, as it stalls cognitive skill growth and induces a decline in non-cognitive skills.
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Gadfly Bites 2/12/24—Historically epic
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Gadfly Bites 2/9/24—Probably just schadenfreude
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Gadfly Bites 2/7/24—You can’t color in the letters if you’re not at school
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Gadfly Bites 2/5/24—Some rethinking may be in order
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Gadfly Bites 2/2/24—Third time’s the charm
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Gadfly Bites 1/31/24—Not enough pizza in the world
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Cash incentives to curb chronic absenteeism are worth a try
Last year, 27 percent of Ohio students were chronically absent, meaning they missed more than 10 percent of the school year for any reason.
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Gadfly Bites 1/29/24—Increasing darkness
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Gadfly Bites 1/26/24—“If need be”
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Gadfly Bites 1/24/24—No education
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Gadfly Bites 1/22/24—Refurbished and ready to grow
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Gadfly Bites 1/19/24—Paradoxical or just ironic?
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Gadfly Bites 1/17/24—Go to school like it’s your job!
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Gadfly Bites 1/12/24—No, it’s just good news
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Gadfly Bites 1/10/24—Sewage overload is already happening
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Gadfly Bites 1/8/24—She says, he says, she says
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Gadfly Bites 1/5/24—The future
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Policymakers must remember that micromanaging schools is typically a suboptimal strategy
Powerful incentives compel policymakers to micromanage public organizations by imposing stifling directives, rules, and procedures, sometimes rendering those organizations rigid and ineffective. The incentive to micromanage tends to become stronger as political attention and conflict increase, and as our trust in government declines.
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Gadfly Bites 1/3/24—Eyebrow raisers
Welcome back to our first edition of 2024. Sorry you didn’t have anything better to do on January 2 than this.
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Predicting the top Ohio education issues for 2024
It’s the start of another year, and that means it’s time for us at the Ohio Gadfly to predict what awaits in the next twelve months. In light of last year’s historic budget bill, there’s plenty on the agenda.
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Fordham Ohio’s favorite posts and publications of 2023
Fordham’s published work is guided by a number of longstanding precepts, including detailed policy analysis, speaking out on behalf of families and students, filling research gaps, challenging misconceptions, and highlighting education issues being discussed by state leaders.
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Fordham Ohio’s most-read blog posts of 2023
At end of every year, we are reminded of how important you—regular readers of our analyses, commentary, reviews, and research—are to us. We appreciate that you find value in the work we do, and we are interested in understanding which topics draw your attention the most.
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Gadfly Bites 12/22/23—Clusters
Last edition of 2023. Thanks for reading and subscribing, despite your better judgment. Back on Wednesday, January 3, 2024.
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Gadfly Bites 12/20/23—Crushing education
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Gadfly Bites 12/18/23—Not so “mock”
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Gadfly Bites 12/15/23—Baby steps
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Gadfly Bites 12/13/23—Actually doing the math
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