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Gadfly Bites 12/11/23—Right-sizing
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.8.23
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/8/23—The biggest and the best
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Accountability & Testing
A tale of two districts: Goal-setting exercises in Dayton and Columbus illustrate challenges to improving urban schools
In late November, two large urban Ohio school districts publicly engaged in academic goal-setting exercises. They ended very differently.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/6/23—Every minute counts
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Career & Technical Education
Indiana’s recent CTE efforts provide lessons for Ohio
For nearly a decade, leaders in Indiana have shaped state policy based on the Next Level Agenda, a series of legislative and administrative priorities that cover a wide variety of issues ranging from the economy and infrastructure improvements to the drug epidemic.
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Teachers & School Leaders
Do licensure tests predict future teacher effectiveness?
Relaxing licensure requirements for new teachers is one of many proposals being floated in order combat teacher shortages and diversify the pipel
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/4/23—Oxymoronic
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 12.1.23
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 12/1/23—Critical thinking
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Gadfly Bites 11/29/23—Put on your own oxygen mask before helping others
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Ohio districts should permanently close their lowest-performing schools
With a federally-induced “fiscal cliff” looming and enrollments on the decline, school district leaders need to find ways to tighten their belts and operate within their means. One way to do that is by permanently closing schools that are low-performing and under-enrolled.
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2023 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report
Our 2022-23 Fordham Sponsorship Annual Report shares our work during the last school year, overseeing thirteen schools that served approximately 6,000 students in Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati and Portsmouth, Ohio.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 11/27/23—Data? We don’t need no stinkin’ data!
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 11/22/23—“Real” concerns
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 11/20/23—Trying to gain a better understanding of the core
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.17.23
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 11/17/23—Perfectly petty
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 11/15/23—Everyone sounds pretty confident today
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Modernizing the traditional school district in Ohio: How state lawmakers can strengthen local accountability and drive higher performance
Our latest policy brief offers recommendations aimed at enhancing local, citizen-led accountability for district performance, while also loosening bureaucratic constraints on district leaders so that they can focus on what matters most: Lifting student achievement.
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Governance
Three tweaks lawmakers should consider making to their education regulation reform bill
Education policy plays a crucial role in determining whether students reach their full academic potential. The funding systems that allocate dollars to schools, data systems that track student outcomes over time, and the policies that hold adults accountable for meeting the needs of students are all incredibly important.
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Teachers & School Leaders
Looking at a new framework for classroom evaluations
Real time classroom observations by trained evaluators hold promise to accurately assess the quality of teaching and learning going on inside those four walls; an as-yet-untapped area of “education R&D”.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 11/13/23—Humble…but observant
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.10.23
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 11/10/23—Thank heavens! Literally.
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Governance
Fordham Institute media statement on new DEW Director
Today, Governor DeWine announced the appointment of Steve Dackin as Director of the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.
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Governance
The Ohio Attendance Taskforce offers solid recommendations for combating chronic absenteeism
On October 27, members of the Ohio Attendance Taskforce, which include school and business leaders as well as representatives from the juvenile court system, unveiled a series of recommendations aimed at improving school attendance.
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Governance
Gadfly Bites 11/8/23—The DEW-dah parade
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Gadfly Bites 11/6/23—Real life experiences
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly – 11.3.23
Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Fighting student absenteeism in Ohio
