How do Ohio’s science standards stack up, in comparison to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)?
According to the Times, ability grouping is back, after being unfairly stigmatized in th
Viewing education through the prism of Big Data
Education Trust discovers high achievers
The CMSD school board will vote tomorrow night to approve the hiring of up to nine TFA members.
Peter Cunningham responds to an anti-Common Core article in the New York Times
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation last week that places a one-year moratorium on new virtual charter schools outside Chicago and directs a state commission to study the effects and costs of virtual charters.
Career-tech courses neither hurt nor help
Reading plus math equals rags to riches
The Common Core. Portfolio management. Superintendents’ views on education reform. If you’ve missed any of Fordham's recent research reports or events on these timely and relevant topics in Ohio education reform, read the notes below and click on the links!
Blended learning: It’s the talk of the town and perceived favorably, but it hasn’t found widespread use…yet.
Takeaways from last week's interviews with USED, PARCC, and Smarter Balanced on the move to Common Core-aligned assessments
The following is Kathleen Porter-Magee's testimony to the Wisconsin State Legislature on the Common Core standards
This report is based on the responses to an online survey conducted in Spring 2013 with 344 school district superintendents in Ohio. The survey covered seven education policies, specifically: Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluations, the Third Grade Reading Guarantee, open enrollment, A-to-F ratings for schools and districts, individualized learning (blended learning and credit flexibility), and school choice (charter schools and vouchers). It also included several questions on general attitudes towards school reform in Ohio and two trend items. Download today to discover the key findings!
When a Michigan House committee approved a measure that would allow students to skip Algebra 2 if they instead take a tec
The second installment of the testing-consortia series is a conversation with Smarter Balanced
The inaugural installment of By the Company It Keeps, an interview series with some of ed reform’s most important contributors
Low standards, low expectations
A profile feature article about the Reynoldsburg City School District
At the least, MOOCs can stop the rising cost of PD—and, at best, could improve it
It’s open season on Pearson, the corporation everyone loves to hate—but this time, though they have crossed a serious line, far too many state leaders and reformers are holding their fire
The last couple of weeks have witnessed unremitting and well-coordinated attacks on the Common Core academic standards
