Gadfly Bites 2/14/24—Level setting
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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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It’s been nearly a year since Governor DeWine delivered a state of the state address previewing his administration’s early literacy agenda.
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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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Last year, Ohio lawmakers used the state budget bill to enshrine into law some important early literacy re
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Although it’s a brand-new year, many Ohio students are still caught in the education riptide of the pandemic era.
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Last year, state legislators enacted reforms that require Ohio schools to follow the science of reading, an approach to literacy instruction that
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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.
Welcome back to our first edition of 2024. Sorry you didn’t have anything better to do on January 2 than this.
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.
With the past year now in the books, it’s time to look back. During 2023, we at Fordham wrote extensively about the biggest and most important policy issues of the past year, most of which were debated as part of the state budget process.
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.
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.
Last edition of 2023. Thanks for reading and subscribing, despite your better judgment. Back on Wednesday, January 3, 2024.