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Requiring a career exploration course in middle school would be a great way to start Ohio students on the path toward degree and credential attainment. Knowing where they want to go will help make the journey easier and more direct.
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Ohio districts that do not participate in interdistrict open enrollment appear to be motivated by keeping specific types of students out of their classrooms: the students who could most benefit from a better school option.
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Providing some form of “no strings attached” money to low-income individuals and monitoring the results is a longstanding research protocol aimed at finding a tipping point at which people’s lives measurably improve. Compared to what? Often it’s a comparison with others who are given lesser amounts in randomized control trials.
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Two years ago, Ohio enacted early literacy reforms aligned to the science of reading that impacted multiple aspects of teaching and learning. How are things going so far? New data from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce gives us some important clues.
Conventional wisdom holds that elected officials pay a political price when they champion bold education reforms. These efforts, after all, usually step on the toes of powerful interest groups—most notably, teachers’ unions, which can organize opposition and punish reformers at the ballot box.
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If policymakers are interested in implementing a merit pay plan for teachers in Ohio, they would do well to check out the data on similar efforts in Dallas and Washington, D.C., before they begin.
Acquisition of workforce credentials—certificates or licenses that are earned over a short time period and which signal mastery of a specific career-relevant skill—has surged in recent years. For example, U.S.
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Last month, Franklin County Judge Jaiza Page issued her long-awaited decision on Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship lawsuit.
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State budget season is over, but that doesn’t mean legislators can’t still take action to help boost Ohio’s languishing math achievement. Here are three areas that should be addressed when they return to Columbus.
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Even though Governor DeWine has put his signature on the biennial state budget bill, the process still isn’t quite over.
Rigorous career-and-technical education (CTE) can give students an edge when they enter the workforce, while also benefitting employers seeking skilled workers. But just how many students in Ohio avail themselves to CTE opportunities during high school? And what does CTE look like when they participate in such programs? Our latest report provides an overview of recent trends in CTE participation across the Buckeye State.
Improving educational opportunities for inner-city kids was originally a bipartisan endeavor. Conservatives and urban Democrats both championed public charter schools and private-school vouchers—primarily for large, densely populated, and economically segregated urban areas.
