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Gadfly Bites 5/25/22—“No need to go back to the drawing board”

Testimony presented before the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee on HB 497—May 24, 2022

NOTE: On May 24, 2022, the Ohio House of Representatives’ Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on a bill to eliminate a key aspect of state’s

Can Ohio clean up its teacher pension mess?

Ohio’s teacher pension system is woefully underfunded, imposes significant costs on teachers and schools, and shortc

Ohio takes a positive step toward statewide high-dosage tutoring

In late March, the Ohio Department of Education announced a grant program aimed at developing and expanding tutoring for K–12 students in the wake of pandemic-caused learning losses.

Clearing the compliance bar: Ohio’s success in reporting teacher quality data

In 2015, reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) included a provision asking states to ensure that all students have equal access to qualified and effective teachers.

Gadfly Bites 5/23/22—Not so much between the lines as not in there at all

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 5.20.22

Rising enrollment

Gadfly Bites 5/20/22—Definitely running out of things to celebrate

Gadfly Bites 5/18/22—“A nice little stockpile”

Gadfly Bites 5/16/22—Wiggle room indeed

Toledo City Schools is looking at the possibility of re-implementing block scheduling for high schoolers in one of severa

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 5.13.22

We’re back from vacation, covering pieces from 4/30 – 5/13. Celebrating National Charter Schools Week in Ohio

Gadfly Bites 5/13/22—“Many roads”

Gadfly Bites 5/11/22—“More marketable”

Fordham Institute media statement on new state superintendent

Today, members of the State Board of Education voted to select Steve Dackin as the next state superintendent of public instruction with 14 out of 19 votes.

The romance versus the reality of teacher pensions

Pensions, a promise of guaranteed lifetime income for retirees, have been around since antiquity.

For whom the school bell tolls: Data on in-person learning in 2020-2021

School reopening decisions following emergency pandemic closures have been sources of much parental angst, pundit caterwauling, and political controversy. Now that most of the dust has settled, new research gauges what was really happening in U.S. schools during this turbulent time.

Time for Ohio to get innovative with high school

According to the state’s most recent annual report on educational attainment, 49.5 percent of Ohio adults had a postsecondary degree or other credential of value in 2019.

Gadfly Bites 5/9/22—Now, about those charter, STEM, and private school grads…

We’re back, y’all. Still drying out from a rainy vacation and covering clips from 5/4 – 5/9.

Gadfly Bites 5/4/22—Sounds like the same old conversations to me

What do teachers know about their retirement benefits?

How many teachers know even the basics about their retirement plan? Too few according to a recent study by Dillon Fuchsman of Saint Louis University and Josh McGee and Gema Zemarro of the University of Arkansas.

Gadfly Bites 5/2/22—Long memory

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 4.29.22

Our champion

Gadfly Bites 4/29/22—Updates

Anyone want an update on how the haters’ anti-voucher lawsuit is going? Me neither. But here it is anyway.

Gadfly Bites 4/27/22—In the big leagues

Arts and College Preparatory Academy (a.k.a. ACPA) here in Columbus was the highest rated charter high school in Ohio, according to U.S. News and World Report.

Governors speak up: “Burdensome regulations” on charters must not go forward

A little over a month ago, the Biden administration proposed a new and unprecedented set of rules for the federal

The EdChoice scholarship program is accountable to taxpayers and parents

NOTE: The Thomas B. Fordham Institute occasionally publishes guest commentaries on its blogs. The views expressed by guest authors do not necessarily reflect those of Fordham.

One successful formula for teaching young children to read online

Can children learn to read via fully online instruction?

Gadfly Bites 4/25/22—Notice that no actual teaching is inferred or implied by anyone

The ADC off-ramp is already letting districts shortchange students

Last year, lawmakers caved to political pressure and created an easy off-ramp for the three districts currently under Academic Distress Commissi

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 4.22.22

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