Governance

Gadfly Bites 10/24/18 – Down the garden path(way)

From Straight A’s to STEMs: Four great things happening in Ohio education

In our recent writings at the Ohio Gadfly, we’ve expressed dismay—sometimes outrage—at the education goings-on in the Buckeye State.

Gadfly Bites 10/22/18 – The nexus

Dayton Daily News’ Jeremy Kelley is still interested in Ohio students’ showing on the ACT last year, as first reported last week.

Gadfly Bites 10/17/18 – A depressing roster of stories

COMPILER'S NOTE: Bites will be on vacation for a few days.

Gadfly Bites 10/15/18 – Nice euphemism

All of today’s news revolves around school districts operating under a declaration of academic distress and all that goes along with it.

Gadfly Bites 10/12/18 – Enter the Tech Ninja!

At this middle school in Dublin, Ohio,

Gadfly Bites 10/10/18 – Don’t hold back the realness

Columbus City Schools

Civil rights and education funding in Ohio

NOTE: On September 14, 2018, Chad Aldis was invited to provide testimony to the Ohio Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Gadfly Bites 10/8/18 – “Almost every urban area in the U.S. needs better schools”

The topic of the week appears to be “state takeovers of school districts”.

Gadfly Bites 10/5/18 – I assume the Tofurky and Vegenaise sandwiches would take too long to make

Slim pickings for clips today. But at least one of them involves Fordham, so score!

Gadfly Bites 10/3/18 – Not represented

There was

Gadfly Bites 10/1/18 – Avoidance

The Path Forward series in Dayton started in a new direction (but still forward of course!) on Sunday when

Gadfly Bites 9/26/18 – “The strangest case”

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Tackling Ohio’s toughest education challenges: Create a data system that links K–12 and workforce outcomes

Editor’s Note: As Ohioans prepare to elect a new governor this November, and as state leaders look

Gadfly Bites 9/21/18 – Jag

Quick show of hands: How many of you are as tired of talking about graduation requirements as I am? Luckily for Ohio’s students, Chad’s hand is placed firmly on the table.

Tips for Ohio on how to reinvent high school

As part of the XQ Institute’s continued efforts to reinvent American high schools to better align with the modern world, it recently released High School and the Future of Work, a guide for state policymakers that outlines how they can encourage meaningful change in their states.

Gadfly Bites 9/19/18 – Ctrl-Alt-Delete

The state board of education met this week, and two big topics were on the front burner. First up: graduation requirements. Board members are said here to be considering a “menu of options” for changes to those requirements.

Gadfly Bites 9/17/18 – Various reactions

Media analysis of school report cards continued apace over the weekend and into today. First up, the usual thorough look at non-district schools’ data courtesy of Jeremy Kelley.

Gadfly Bites 9/14/18 – “Scores don’t lie”

We start today with the last preview piece ahead of the release of state report card data, published late on Tuesday. Fordham is namechecked and Aaron is quoted in this story, specifically regarding the depth and accuracy of Ohio’s report cards.

Gadfly Bites 9/12/18 – How can news clips get any better than this?

The Senate President weighed in again this week on the topic of graduation requirements. He wants a long-term, permanent proposal to consider, it seems, and remains uninterested in extending temporary options. (Gongwer Ohio, 9/10/18)

Tackling Ohio’s toughest education challenges: Use direct certification for economically disadvantaged funding

Editor’s Note: As Ohioans prepare to elect a new governor this November, and as state leaders look to build upon past education successes, we at the Fordham Institute are developing a set of policy proposals that we believe can lead to increased achievement and greater opportunities for Ohio students.

Tackling Ohio’s toughest education challenges

SEPTEMBER 2018:

Gadfly Bites 9/10/18 – Anticipating report cards

A quiet weekend in clips, but what we do have is all on the same topic: report cards. The Plain Dealer is looking toward the release of state report cards later this week.

Are Ohio’s poorest districts underfunded?

In a recent report, school-funding expert Howard Fleeter analyzes Ohio districts’ revenues stretching back to 1999.

Gadfly Bites 9/7/18 – The gridiron greats edition

The b-side of a higher-profile Dispatch editorial from earlier this week opines on the topic of transportation for charter school students in central Ohio.

Gadfly Bites 9/5/18 – Let’s make a (tuition) deal

We’re back! And there’s a lot to cover. So let’s get to it: There are apparently some “relentless attacks” going on out there somewhere. They are, apparently, an effort to “pin” some current statewide office candidates with “blame” for something related to the demise of ECOT.

Gadfly Bites 8/27/18 – Putting forth the effort…or not

Round two of the Dayton Daily News series The Path Forward dropped over the weekend, another huge set of articles trying to get to the heart of why Dayton City Schools’ academic success rate is so poor and how to turn that around.

Gadfly Bites 8/27/18 – Putting fort the effort…or not

Round two of the Dayton Daily News series The Path Forward dropped over the weekend, another huge set of articles trying to get to the heart of why Dayton City Schools’ academic success rate is so poor and how to turn that around.

Gadfly Bites 8/24/18 – All the makings of a mob

Members of the elected board of Lorain City Schools got some hard numbers this week on budget and student enrollment. Both seem pretty good, so why do they all sound so miserable in this piece?

Gadfly Bites 8/22/18 – I remember when they called it a cheat sheet

As a sort of follow up to Monday’s story about lowered remediation rates among Ohio’s colleges over the last few years, here is a somewhat more dour look at dual credit programs.