Gadfly Bites 10/26/20 – “Let's not panic seeing this data”
Fordham (probably our Ohio by the Numbers data although who can really tell?) is namechecked in this piece looking at the thorny subject of school funding.
Fordham (probably our Ohio by the Numbers data although who can really tell?) is namechecked in this piece looking at the thorny subject of school funding.
NOTE: Ohio Charter News Weekly is back from vacation and presenting this, our latest regular Friday edition. If you missed our special catch-up edition, published yesterday, you can find it here.
We heard on Wednesday that the boost in rona cases across the state were a threat to in-person education.
NOTE: Ohio Charter News Weekly is back from vacation and presenting this special catch-up edition. Another edition will be published tomorrow with up-to-the-minute news you can use.
I have, I will admit, not been paying much attention to Tales from the Homestead (sequel to Ohio’s previous favorite soap opera Stories from the Crypt). I mean, I was holed up in the garage on vacation for a while. But really it’s just because the thing is such a freakin’ downer.
A recent article from the Tribune Chronicle in Northeast Ohio covered a school funding analysis published by the personal finance website WalletHub.
Over the last few years, states have attempted to offer a clearer picture of how well high schools prepare students for the future by measuring college and career readiness (CCR), instead of just student achievement and graduation rates.
Last week, we at Fordham released our latest report on charter schools in Ohio. The research, conducted by Dr.
COMPILER’S NOTE: Hah! I’m back from vacation, you gluttons for punishment. We’ll start today with a catch-up of all that we missed while I was holed up in my basement relaxing afield. Normal thrice-weekly service will resume on Wednesday, heaven help you all.
When coronavirus turned everything upside down this spring, there were predictions that educators would retire in droves rather than risk teaching during a pandemic.
NOTE: Ohio Charter News Weekly will be on vacation next week and will return on October 23, 2020.
COMPILER’S NOTE: Gadfly Bites will be on vacation next week. (“Thank goodness!” I hear you cry. “You need a break. Hopefully you will return refreshed, renewed, and ready to boost up what has been—let’s face it, man—your recent mediocre work.
Cincinnati City Schools is going to a hybrid in-person/remote model after all, starting next week.
Since the first Ohio charter schools opened in 1998, they’ve regularly been subject to intense scrutiny
In the least-anticipated release on record, Ohio published its annual school report cards in mid-September. Due to the cancellation of last spring’s state tests, there’s not much there, though the state did release graduation rates and data about students’ readiness for college and career.
Over the last several weeks, Ohio lawmakers have been debating Senate Bill 358.
In Cincinnati, some of the district’s whipsawed parents speak. (Spectrum News 1, 10/5/20)
You’re invited: A not-to-be-missed virtual event
Another day, another raft of evidence that parents looking for certainty are well and truly hosed.
There are no silver bullets when it comes to closing achievement gaps. But there are inputs and interventions with solid evidence bases, and the impact of a good teacher is one of them.
For some reason meeting on a Saturday, the elected board of Dayton City Schools unanimously approved a phased-in plan to bring students back for a
Here’s an in-depth look at the first month of the school year at Xenia’s St. Brigid School.
Aren’t search engines great? With them, one can search for an important name (say, Aaron Churchill) and sometimes find references to that name in new places.
Making the case, part 1
It’s Wednesday, and that means the Ohio Senate’s Education Committee will be hearing testimony today. One of the bills up for debate: SB 358. That’s the one that would, among other things, extend a moratorium on state testing from last school year to this one.
Research has established—and common sense reinforces—that postsecondary
Be cool, man! The boss is in town.
News from the pre-pandemic era
In case you missed it earlier this week, Fordham’s Chad Aldis testified before th
In the last six months, as the nation has struggled in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic, there’s been a lot of controversy and disagreement over what schools need