Gadfly Bites 8/18/21—Built to last
We will top and tail today’s edition of the Bites with two “say what?” clips.
We will top and tail today’s edition of the Bites with two “say what?” clips.
Earlier this summer, Ohio’s state superintendent Paolo DeMaria announced his retirement, effective in September.
The Dispatch is celebrating the first day of school today—for a year that they characteri
Before they can stand in front of a classroom full of students, most prospective teachers have to pass state licensure exams. But how many candidates pass those exams on the first try and how many need multiple attempts? Which schools fare best at readying their students for these exams?
Forward motion in West Virginia
An interesting, if tangential topic to start our Friday: The latest annual report on poverty trends from the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies notes an ongoing lack of broadband access in some parts of the s
Opponents of school choice in Ohio continue to threaten a lawsuit seeking to eradicate the state’s largest private-school scholarship program, known as
I have to admit I didn’t realize just how venerable (for lack of a better word) those schools-specific public transit routes for Cincinnati City Schools students were—in use for more than 40 years—which explains to my satisfaction why district officials were so incensed when they learned that those r
The vast majority of Ohio teachers are paid according to salary schedules that reward seniority and degrees earned, the result of state l
The new school year is starting up in an increasing number of schools and districts around Ohio.
The end of suburban “opportunity hoarding”?
RedefinED’s Matthew Ladner posits that a number of factors—including an ongoing baby bust, that crazy little thing called ‘rona, and the recent removal of restrictions on where charter schools can locate—will c
This November, Americans will cast their votes in thousands of local school board races. The stakes couldn’t be higher. These governing bodies will decide how public schools handle hot-button issues like masking requirements and critical race theory.
I know we’re not supposed to talk about “Covid slide” among kids because there is no such thing.
During summer 2012, Governor Kasich signed House Bill 525, legislation that allowed the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) to implement a city-wide school turnaround plan.
As we noted on Friday, Woodcrest Elementary in Columbus City Schools started the new school year last week.
In case you missed it, the Ohio Department of Health this week released its Covid guidance for K-12 schools for the new school year
Ohio’s Covid guidance for fall
We’re back after a week’s vacation. Let’s get caught up!
Bites will be on vacation for the next week. Back on Wednesday, July 28, with what I hope will be a more scintillating edition than this one. To wit…
Only two clips for today, and both of them are military-focused. How nice!
Federal education funding
Officials with Akron City Schools tell the ABJ that they “learned a lot about online learning since March 2020”.
With the state budget bill on the books, most loyal Gadfly readers have more time to kick back and read something other than legislation. Here’s a synopsis of a few recent reports that caught my eye. Ohio has one of the nation’s largest AP opportunity gaps
As we have noted in these Bites since the passage of the state budget bill, the cold light of day is a strong antidote to formerly red hot rhetoric. It also seems to induce some caveat emptor vibes as well.
After months of debate, the state budget was signed into law by Governor DeWine
The powers that be in Youngstown City Schools—all of them—seem to be looking forward to the day that local control will be fully re-established in the distri
More on the state budget
Our own Chad Aldis is quoted in this piece from public radio here in Columbus, saying that the new state budget “completely divorced” school report cards from vouche