Gadfly Bites 7/29/22—The one hand and the other hand
This is a story about the first day of the new school year this week at Columbus’ only year-round school.
This is a story about the first day of the new school year this week at Columbus’ only year-round school.
It only took them three years, but you heard it here first: Columbus City Schools is better
So sorry to miss you all on Friday. Unavoidable. Back again to jumpstart your week with some krazy klips.
This story attempts to make the point that Covid learni
In late June, the national educational advocacy organization ExcelinEd published a comprehensive early literacy guide for state policymakers.
First up this week, Fordham’s Aaron Churchill had
Back in April, we talked about the new Math Corps program coming to Toledo this summer, especially highlighting the ambitious promises (“proven track record of success”) made by its leader for student achievement.
I’m not sure whether the voucher haters suing the state of Ohio over the EdChoice Scholarship Program had been waiting on a critical mass of cranky-yet-gullible school districts to pay up for join their pathetic ba
Five voter-determined seats on the state board of education are u
“Great”. “Astounding”. “Life-changing”.
We’re back after a holiday break and cleaning up a little bit of old news.
Internal numbers and state test score data indicate that Dayt
This piece is very short—less than 200 words—but I count at least seven lofty goals crammed into the brief discussion of a five
I actually thought I would have a first today: no pieces to clip at all. But here’s one that is worth standing on its own, for a number of reasons.
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Since I assume all of my loyal Gadfly Bites subscribers (happy summer to all 9 of you!) pay attention to all things Fordham and not just me (seriously, if you don’t, you definitely should), I will assume that you all read
In the spring of 2020, a group of researchers from the University of California San Diego was engaged in a longitudinal study of changes in young children’s learning experiences during kindergarten and first grade at an anonymous, medium-sized, socioeconomically diverse school district in southern California.
Since the start of the pandemic, Ohio schools have received more than $6 billion via three federal relief acts.
Some people like fall. Some people like summer. My favorite time of year is graduation season, especially when you get an interesting crop of news stories like these.
Not much news today, but what we have is worthy to stand on its own.
Ohio’s teacher pension system is woefully underfunded, imposes significant costs on teachers and schools, and shortc