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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 4.17.26
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Addressing the real problem
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 4/17/26—The calculus of budget deficits
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 4/15/26—Exemplary disasters
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Accountability & Testing
No, Ohio should not do an abrupt U-turn on state testing
The Ohio House Education committee recently added an amendment to Senate Bill 19 that threatens to upend state testing.
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Governance
Stormy weather for college application decisions?
The college visit is a time-honored tradition in the search process, and how such tours go likely plays a role in any final application decision. A new working paper looks at one college visit wildcard—the weather—to see if something so arbitrary might actually sway kids’ final decisions.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 4/13/26—Seeing into the future
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Accountability & Testing
Grade inflation has infected Ohio’s school report cards. Here’s how to address it.
Ohio overhauled school report cards five years ago. It was a necessary step and an improvement overall; but they have ushered in an era of grade inflation and swept academic deficiencies under the rug. They must be fixed.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 4.10.26
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Jumping through hoops
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 4/10/26—Same kids, same neighborhood
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School Finance
How Columbus went broke—and lessons for other districts
Twice each year, Ohio school districts must submit medium-term financial forecasts to the state, and the most recent updates released in early March paint a bleak picture.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Teacher professional development around reading science is greatly improved. Here’s what Ohio must do next.
In 2023, Ohio lawmakers established a statewide initiative grounded in the science of reading, an evidence-based
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 4/8/26—“Preserve the awesome”
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 4/6/26—Same old, same old
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 4.3.26
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Worthy finalist
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 4/3/26—Grappling with a disaster of their own making
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 4/1/26—Focused on the future
News stories featured in Gadfly Bites may require a paid subscription to read in full. And there are no April Fool’s Day pranks in here. Today…or ever.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Governor DeWine sets up the science of reading for sustained success
Ohio’s adoption of the science of reading is off to a strong start, thanks to Gov. DeWine and the General Assembly. We look at new examples of how this rigorous implementation will continue so that the effort can achieve its long-term goals.
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School Finance
Ohio needs to fix its flawed method of funding open enrollment
Interdistrict open enrollment is one of the most important—yet commonly overlooked—forms of school choice in Ohio. Under this longstanding policy, students can attend a nearby district that may be higher-performing or provide programs and courses not offered by their home district.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/30/26—Academic pillars
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.27.26
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. How one virtual charter school is addressing AI use
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/27/26—A MULTI million dollar question
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/25/26—IYDKYDK
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Personalized Learning
Proponent testimony presented before the Ohio Senate Higher Education Committee on SB 345
NOTE: Today, the Senate Higher Education Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 345.
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Personalized Learning
Proponent testimony presented before the Ohio House Workforce and Higher Education Committee on HB 644
NOTE: Today, the Ohio House Workforce and Higher Education Committee heard testimony on House Bill 644.
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Career & Technical Education
Proponent testimony presented before the Ohio Senate Education Committee on SB 328
NOTE: Today, the Ohio Senate Education Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 32
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Curriculum & Instruction
Here’s why Ohio needs to establish an automatic enrollment policy for math
Ohio Senate Bill 19 aims to support high-achieving students by requiring public schools to enroll any student in grades 3–7 who scores high enough on their state math exam in an advanced math course the following year. Here's why that effort is vital.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/23/26—If everyone is certified as an expert, then no one really is
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.20.26
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Ohio’s charter sector is on the grow!
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/20/26—Creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving…but slowly
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 3/18/26—Greenbacks, yellow buses, and white heat
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