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Governance
Gadfly Bites 2/7/24—You can’t color in the letters if you’re not at school
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 2/5/24—Some rethinking may be in order
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Charter Schools
Local bureaucrats should stop standing in the way of charter schools seeking facilities
Public charter schools in Ohio have long struggled to secure adequate school facilities.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 2.2.24
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 2/2/24—Third time’s the charm
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School Finance
ESSER’s sunset: Not a cut, but a return to normalcy
As we approach September 2024, the education community is bracing for the expiration of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds. There’s a growing narrative that this marks a significant funding cut for schools.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/31/24—Not enough pizza in the world
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Career & Technical Education
Searching for a link between CTE and postsecondary pathways for students with learning disabilities
A new research report examines the confluence of career and technical education (CTE) and the academic trajectory of high school students with learning disabilities (SWLD).
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Governance
Cash incentives to curb chronic absenteeism are worth a try
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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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/29/24—Increasing darkness
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.26.24
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/26/24—“If need be”
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Curriculum & Instruction
Ohio earns kudos from national organization for its work on the science of reading
Last year, Ohio lawmakers used the state budget bill to enshrine into law some important early literacy re
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/24/24—No education
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Accountability & Testing
Ohio parents will get better, faster information about their child’s academic achievement this year—if districts follow the law
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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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/22/24—Refurbished and ready to grow
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.19.24
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. On the grow in Toledo
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/19/24—Paradoxical or just ironic?
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/17/24—Go to school like it’s your job!
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School Finance
Teacher pay increases and their impacts on salary level, hiring, and turnover
What is the impact of teacher salary increases on recruitment and retention? A new report gives us an interesting on-the-ground look using data from Washington State.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.12.24
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/12/24—No, it’s just good news
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Charter Schools
If Columbus closes its under-enrolled schools, don’t blame charters
A few days before Christmas, the Columbus Dispatch published a story detailing how Columbus City Schools (CCS) plans to spend over half a million dollars to “evaluate conditions at its
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Curriculum & Instruction
Encouraging peer teacher collaboration can boost Ohio’s science of reading efforts
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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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/10/24—Sewage overload is already happening
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/8/24—She says, he says, she says
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 1.5.24
We’re back after a holiday break. Covering stories from 12/22/23 – 1/5/24. Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/5/24—The future
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Governance
Policymakers must remember that micromanaging schools is typically a suboptimal strategy
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.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 1/3/24—Eyebrow raisers
Welcome back to our first edition of 2024. Sorry you didn’t have anything better to do on January 2 than this.
