Schooling in the Workplace: How Six of the World’s Best Vocational Education Systems Prepare Young People for Jobs and Life

America: Take notes

How about better parents? Ask Clarence Lee

Peter Meyer reflects on Tom Friedman's column about parents and education.

Teacher Prep Falls Short

To improve student learning in Ohio, and in other states, we need to improve the quality of our teaching force.

Congratuations to Andy Boy!

Congratulations to Andrew Boy, the co-director and founder of Columbus Collegiate Academy, one of the six charter schools Fordham authorizes.

Ohio superintendent under fire for asking teachers to do lesson plans

The superintendent of Ohio's Twin Valley Community Local School District has come under fire in his first year on the job from the local teachers union for, among other grievances, trying to mak

Surprise, Surprise? Not in Ohio's NAEP reading results

The 2009 NAEP reading scores were released this morning with little fanfare for Ohio. There has been virtually no growth in the Buckeyes State's NAEP reading results, with only 36 percent of fourth graders and 37 percent of eighth graders in Ohio proficient or above in reading.

Bottom-up creation of new teacher evaluation systems unlikely in Ohio

Brookings' Brown Center on Education Policy just released a proposal for ???America's Teacher Corps,??? a federally funded program that would recognize highly effective teachers in Title I schools, award them a salary bonus ($10,000), and give them a ???portable credential???

Today's Ohio Education Gadfly: find out why Ohio might be a trailblazer in charter accountability

This week's edition kicks off with a great piece by Terry discussing the unprecedented move by the Ohio Department of Education to close a charter school sponsor (aka authorizer) for fiscal mismanagement.

The latest Ohio Education Gadfly ?????' who knew decreasing class size was so expensive?

It's no surprise that Ohio's economy is in crisis, but you might be amazed at the price tag for some of Gov. Strickland's new education mandates. Terry points out the implications of decreasing class size in grades K-3 alone (to 15:1), which will cost $784 million per year by 2014.

Teach For America's new book offers timely data on teacher effectiveness

???Teacher effectiveness??? has made its way to the top of the education policy agenda, supplanting the focus on ???highly qualified???

Did you Know: Cincinnati educators admit there are very poor performers in their ranks

This week The New Teacher Project (TNTP) unveiled its Cincinnati-focused report on human capital reform.

Video now available from ???World-Class Academic Standards for Ohio'

Video is now available from our recent event, World-Class Academic Standards for Ohio, which was held October 5 in Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio's "Common Core" conundrum

Ohio is on board with the NGA/CCSSO Common Core State Standards Initiative, ostensibly agreeing to adopt 85 percent of the standards that result from the effort.????

Taking a stand for Rhee -- catering to "learning styles" can help students get engaged

A Core Knowledge blog this week criticizes the concept of "learning styles" and educators' acceptance of this "unquestioned dogma." Specifically under critique is Michelle Rhee, whose DC Public Schools

Ohio scraps social studies testing

Our friends at the State of Ohio Education blog rightly call Ohio's recent move to eliminate social studies tests in grades five and eight a "short-sighted decision," not just because a basic understanding of history, geography, civics, and current events is critical, but because Ohio students h

Sage policy advice from the Ohio Education Gadfly

Don't miss this week's special edition of the Ohio Education Gadfly! One year ago, the Fordham Institute released a report titled Accelerating Student Learning in Ohio.

ELLs Who Reach Proficiency Quickly Fare Better