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Gadfly Bites 4/22/22—Mediocrity abides

Make EdChoice friendlier to dual-earning families

April is drawing to a close, and that (thankfully) means the end of tax season.

Gadfly Bites 4/20/22—Parks and wreck

Apologies for the inadvertent time warp in Monday’s clips. Should have been dated 4/18, of course. Proper 4/22 version coming up Friday!

Gadfly Bites 4/18/22—Refurbishing required

Assessing a standards-aligned physical science curriculum

While not as rapidly embraced as its math and ELA cousins, which have great merit, a new set of science standards has slowly gained traction in a majority of states.

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 4.15.22

Message from space

Gadfly Bites 4/15/22—McD’s gets degrees

Here’s a fantastic story about Jeannette Boyle of East Canton who recently earned

Gadfly Bites 4/13/22—Space-y

The feds’ proposed changes to CSP will hurt Ohio charters

For nearly three decades, the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) has offered grants to support brand-new charter schools and, more recently, high-quality n

Ohio’s teacher pension mess

Due to massive financial woes, Ohio suspended cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for retired teachers in July 2017.

Benefits and balancing acts: The impact of faith on educational outcomes

A 2018 Pew Research Center study demonstrated the perhaps surprising fact that the United States remains a robustly religious country, indeed the most devout of all the wealthy Western democracies.

Gadfly Bites 4/11/22—Consolidate! Consolidaaaate!!

Why yes, that is a Doctor Who/Dalek reference in the title of today’s clips. How astute of you to notice!

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 4.8.22

Ohio’s next state superintendent

Gadfly Bites 4/8/22—Google it

Gadfly Bites 4/6/22—Scraping the bottom: Plasma and PBS

Not much to talk about at all today; and what there is, well… Just take a look.

Testimony given on Ohio Substitute Senate Bill 240—4/5/22

NOTE: Today, members of the Ohio Senate’s Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on

The big blur: How to erase the boundaries between high school, college, and career

Over the last several years, cities and states across the nation have invested enormous amounts of time, money, and energy in public and private efforts aimed at increasing postsecondary attainment. Many initiatives have focused on removing barriers like cost.

Gadfly Bites 4/4/22—Grab bag

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 4.1.22

More fallout from CSP proposals

Gadfly Bites 4/1/22—Foolin’

Gadfly Bites 3/30/22—Next time leave out the fortune cookie

Ohio’s bad habit of sidestepping accountability

When the General Assembly adopted the Third Grade Reading Guarantee back in 2012, it was in response to research showing that reading proficiently by the end of third grade is a “make-

Intensive interventions and the third grade reading guarantee

Passed in 2012, Ohio’s third grade reading guarantee aims to ensure that all children have the foundational literacy skills needed for success in middle school and beyond.

Gadfly Bites 3/28/22—Because the district might do what now?

“I want more”: Parental choice empowers Hispanic parents in Texas

Hispanic students make up the largest share of charter school students nationally, but research focusing specifically on Hispanic school choosers is lacking.

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.25.22

Potential impacts of new CSP rules

Gadfly Bites 3/25/22—Standouts

Gadfly Bites 3/23/22—“Less buildings make you more efficient”

Gadfly Bites 3/21/22—So hard

Not much to talk about today, but at least the clip we have features my colleague Aaron Churchill talking about a topic near and dear to all of

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 3.18.22

“A smart tool”