Gadfly Bites - 7/20/15

Charter sponsor review firestorm continues

Gadfly Bites - 7/17/15

As we told you already, the Ohio Department of Education’s charter school sponsor review process came under fire in the State Board of Education earlier this week. The piling on has begun, but obviously when State Auditor Dave Yost (I know!) weighs in, folks listen.

Gadfly Bites - 7/15/15

Youngstown Plan, meet Community Reaction

Warning signs: Observations on teacher evaluation results in Ohio

Analyzing first-year results of Ohio's teacher evaluation system

Seizing the Future: How Ohio’s Career and Technical Education Programs Fuse Academic Rigor and Real-World Experiences to Prepare Students for College and Work

This is not your grandfather's vocational education

Gadfly Bites - 7/13/15

Urban education quality, Bright New Leaders for Ohio, and more

Moving toward ESEA reauthorization

The Education Gadfly

Gadfly Bites - 7/8/15

A rally was held yesterday in Youngstown by folks opposed to the so-called “Youngstown Plan”, which is really a sharpening of the Academic Distress Commission protocols in Ohio…although targeted fairly specifically at Youngstown.

Gadfly Bites - 7/6/15

PARCC, AIR, the Youngstown Plan, the "case for local control", and more

The ABCs of ADCs: An in-depth look at the new academic distress commission legislation

A new tool for school district reform

The escalating costs of teacher retirement

The Education Gadfly

The winner of Fordham's 2015 Wonkathon is…

The Education Gadfly

Leading the News: 25 Years of Education Coverage

The perception of our education system is largely reflected through local reporting

Gadfly Bites - 7/1/15

Chad is quoted in a story on the stall in charter law reform in Ohio. The bill that was oh-so-close to passage earlier this week now appears to be delayed until at least September. (Columbus Dispatch, 7/1/15)

ESA Wonkathon recap

Diplomas Count 2015: Life After Special Education

Ohio-centric look at this year's annual graduation report

The state of district reform in Ohio—yesterday, today, and tomorrow

New moves in an old dance

Gadfly Bites - 6/29/15

Editorializing on the so-called “Youngstown Plan” – that is, a proposal to strengthen Ohio’s Academic Distress Commission protocols that is likely to be signed into law by the governor – began in earnest this weekend. You can find quick-hit blog posts both in Ohio and nationally.

Career and technical education in Ohio: An overview

Is CTE a new pathway to the middle class?

Gadfly Bites - 6/26/15

Most media discussion of legislative activity in Ohio is currently about the state budget, which faces a looming deadline by which it must be finished. But last night, House Bill 2 passed the Ohio Senate by a vote of 30-0.

Cami Anderson calls it a day

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Sharpening the academic distress commission in Ohio

A proposed new tool to address persistent underperformance

Gadfly Bites - 6/24/15

Legislative drama over PARCC, school funding, and academic distress

2015 Wonkathon: Who was the wisest wonk?

In Fordham’s second annual Wonkathon, fourteen wonks opined on education savings accounts:

Gadfly Bites - 6/22/15

Open enrollment questions, good schools in Cleveland, and more

The Educator’s Dilemma: When and how schools should embrace poverty relief

Can non-academic supports increase academic achievement?

Gadfly Bites - 6/19/15

Deregulation, sponsor quality, teacher evaluation data, and lots more

Save our stats! Researchers use data to improve schools

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Gadfly Bites - 6/17/15

Staying the course on charter law reform, Fordham reports in the news, and more

Getting out of the way: A recap of Fordham’s deregulation event

Over the past year, Ohio legislators have been focusing on the state’s need to deregulate its education system. The Ohio Senate recently passed Senate Bill 3 (SB 3), legislation focused on deregulation and flexibility for high-performing districts.