Defining a 21st century education

Craig D. JeraldThe Center for Public EducationJuly 2009

The Nation's Report Card: Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) Mathematics 2009

Institute of Education SciencesDecember 2009

Did you know? Cleveland's NAEP math results are worse than Browns' season record

This year, 18 urban school districts participated in the voluntary NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA). Math results were released today, and student performance in Cleveland might be the only thing in that city more depressing than the Browns.??

A canard worth torpedoing

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.

Ohio legislators think you can mandate student fitness

Salvaging Catholic schools?

When the Washington D.C. Archdiocese agreed to convert seven of its schools to charters in 2007, the education world was taken aback. But the transition went smoothly and, by all accounts, the schools are thriving.

The Tab: How Connecticut Can Fix its Dysfunctional Education Spending System to Reward Success, Incentivize Choice and Boost Student Achievement

Bryan C. Hassel and Daniela Doyle, Public ImpactConnecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN)November 2009

The latest Ohio Education Gadfly is here!

The holiday season has arrived - and here at Fordham Ohio we're feeling pretty darn generous. ??We've decided to bestow upon you this week not one, but TWO Ohio Education Gadflies!

Ohio charters told to improve performance while also doing a better job of sharing their successes

Thomas B. Fordham Institute President Chester E. Finn, Jr. believes Ohio charter schools need to further boost academic performance and then do a much better job of telling the public about it.

Ohio School Funding Advisory Council under critique

Today the Dayton Daily News ran an editorial criticizing the makeup off Gov. Strickland’s Ohio School Funding Advisory Council.

Year in Review: Ohio's Charter Schools Under Threat

Ohio charter school sponsors are required by law to submit a report about their sponsorship activities and the performance of their sponsored schools to the state education department by the end of November each year.

Did You Know? Findings from Fordham's latest charter school accountability report

Fordham's annual charter school accountability report, "Seeking Quality in the Face of Adversity," is now out! As many of you know, Fordham authorizes (called "sponsoring" in Ohio) six charter schools in Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Springfield.

Camping out for school choice

Ohio's odds in the Race to the Top

The deadline for the first round of Race to the Top applications is just two months away.??

Analysis of Ohio's Competitiveness for "Race to the Top" Funding

Like other states, Ohio has committed to applying for federal Race to the Top (RttT) dollars. If the state’s application is selected, it will receive $200 to $400 million for education innovation that targets six criteria:

The Secret of TSL: The Revolutionary Discovery that Raises School Performance

William G. OuchiSimon & Schuster2009

Leaders and Laggards gives kudos to Fordham-Ohio

Last week, Laura flagged a useful interactive map that grades states on their level of educational innovation in areas ranging from school finance to a state's reform environ

Ohio keeps its word, will adopt Common Core Standards

For the last month, we've been wondering whether Ohio would truly adopt the NGA/CCSSO Common Core State Standards , or whether the Ohio Department of Education would forge its own path in revising academic content standards so

Did you know - The incredible shrinking Dayton

The latest issue of the Ohio Education Gadfly came out yesterday, and features an excellent piece by Terry on the stark decline in student enrollment in Fordham's hometown of Dayton, Ohio.

Talking education in the Gem City

On October 29, the Ohio Grantmakers Forum, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, the Frank M. Tait Foundation, and the Fred and Alice Wallace Memorial Charitable Foundation hosted an education forum in Fordham's hometown of Dayton to talk about the state of education in that city as well as Ohio and the nation.??

Another Ohio ed professor throws the baby out with the bathwater

Standards-based reform in education is imperfect. The ways that states and districts assess kids, design tests, and attempt to hold teachers and schools accountable are bound to be flawed, lead to unintended consequences, and create many enemies along the way. But I wish the opponents of standards-based reform in Ohio would at least get a little more creative.

Ohio falls in line with common standards project

Ohio has made official its plan to adopt common national academic standards for mathematics and English language arts in an effort to take advantage of opportunities to partner with other states and also better-position Ohio to tap a few hundred million dollars in federal Race to the Top education grants.

Ohio's brain drain in action: a firsthand account from a Teach For America recruiter

Editor’s Note: Last spring Fordham released a report examining Ohio’s brain drain, Losing Ohio’s Future: Why college graduates flee the Buckeye State and what might be done about it (see here).

Ohio school districts should confront spending patterns

An editorial in today's Columbus Dispatch hits the nail on the head.

Another Ohio ed professor throws the baby out with the bathwater

Standards-based reform in education is imperfect. The ways that states and districts assess kids, design tests, and attempt to hold teachers and schools accountable are bound to be flawed, lead to unintended consequences, and create many enemies along the way. But I wish the opponents of standards-based reform in Ohio would at least get a little more creative.

Reality check - public concern for more than just the 3 Rs

Education policy wonks (and I can speak as an outsider, having come to Fordham after a long career in journalism) can get so wrapped up in their great ideas for saving the nation's schools that it's easy to forget there are other people with ideas that are far removed from the most timely education reform debates.

Making middle schools work

By guest blogger and Fordham's Director of Charter School Sponsorship Kathryn Mullen Upton

Is Robert Louis Stevenson writing Ohio education policy?

Ohio education policymakers seem to have a split personality when it comes to what they say they care about and what they fund. The frequency and impact of this disconnect make it all the more frightening.????????

Selective hearing by Ohio Dems

A bill has been proposed in the Ohio House of Representatives (HB 319) that would require parents of students who attend school districts rated Continuous Improvement (a "C" rating) or lower to attend a parent-teacher conference.