Undefined
Governance
Gadfly Bites 7/10/19 – Calling it like it is
Spectrum News 1 visited our conference room a while back to ask Chad
Topics
Undefined
Accountability & Testing
Nixing universal ACT or SAT testing would hurt Ohio’s smart, poor students
For many Ohio students, taking college entrance exams is a key milestone on the path from high school to college. Yet countless thousands have foregone these exams, effectively slamming the door on their opportunity to attend four-year colleges and universities.
Undefined
Governance
Gadfly Bites 7/8/19 – Throwing things
The ECOT boogeyman looms large in this piece, rehashing the whole story from what is meant to be a brand new perspective.
Undefined
Governance
Gadfly Bites 7/5/19 – Deflated
School districts in Ohio have been dealing with the scourge of grade inflation—blamed largely on dual enrollment in college courses—by doing away with the
Undefined
Undefined
Governance
Gadfly Bites 7/3/19 – Focusing on the wrong things
From the What Did You Expect Department: A
Undefined
Undefined
Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/28/19 – Which is it?
Following on with our theme from yesterday, little birdies in the Statehouse are apparently suggesting that changes to the state’s intervention efforts int
Undefined
Undefined
Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/26/19 – Stand. Alone.
While our clips have in the last several weeks focused heavily on the state budget process, it is only now at the end where the plaintive cries of “But Ohi
Undefined
Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/24/19 – Saying or doing
Happy Monday! We start today with the topic of charter school funding.
Undefined
Private School Choice
The Ohio Senate boldly expands school choice for low-income families
For prosperous families, the universe of K–12 school options is almost limitless. But the possibilities for poor and working-class families are far fewer, especially when it comes to private schools.
Undefined
Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/21/19 – So much budget news, so little time
Our title today is a little misleading.
Undefined
Accountability & Testing
Four key education policies that will be decided in the next ten days
As budget season winds down, lawmakers face the tall task of reconciling some vastly different proposals from the governor’s office, the House, and the Senate on a variety of issues in the budget bill, House Bill 166.
Undefined
School Finance
The rich get richer under a Senate school funding provision
Covering a gamut of issues and spanning thousands of pages, the state budget legislation is apt to contain at least a few harebrained policy ideas.
Undefined
Undefined
Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/19/19 – Sounds like a Wes Anderson movie to me
A blog post by our own Jessica Poiner is cited in this announcemen
Undefined
Accountability & Testing
Senate proposes smart changes to academic distress commissions
Back in 2015, former Governor John Kasich encouraged the General Assembly to address the persistent failure of several school districts by strengthening academic distress commissions (ADCs), the state’s mechanism for intervening in chronically underperforming districts. Legislators obliged.
Undefined
Undefined
Teachers & School Leaders
Teach For America and Teacher Quality: Increasing Achievement Over Time
Teach For America (TFA) has been recruiting and placing college graduates into underserved classrooms since 1989. Throughout this thirty-year tenure, the program’s teacher-training methods and recruitment strategies have evolved.
Undefined
Undefined
Private School Choice
Media statement on Senate budget changes to EdChoice Scholarship program
This week, the Ohio Senate introduced its proposals for the biennial state budget, House Bill 166. The Senate retained important features of the executive and House versions of the budget, including substantial school funding increases to enhance student wellness.
Undefined
Governance
Gadfly Bites 6/14/19 – Root causes
Local reporter Lisa Rantala from ABC6 visited Fordham-sponsored Columbus Collegiate Academy recently.
Undefined
Accountability & Testing
Testimony given before the Senate Education Committee on HB 166 – 6/13/19
NOTE: Today the Ohio Senate’s Education Committee heard testimony on House Bill 166, the state’s new biennial budget.
Undefined
Undefined
Governance
Student wellness and success funding could make Ohio a national leader in providing wraparound services
It’s budget season in Ohio, and that means frenzied debate about a wide swath of policy proposals.
Undefined
Teachers & School Leaders
Tackling Ohio’s toughest education challenges: Eliminate mandatory teacher-salary schedules
Editor’s Note: Back in September 2018, awaiting the election of our next governor, we at the Fordham I
Undefined
Undefined
Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly - 6.7.19
Race match in charter vs traditional public schools
Undefined
Accountability & Testing
Ohio shouldn’t sacrifice its U.S. history and government exams on the anti-testing altar
In an era of “fake news,” political division, and rampant civic illiteracy, one might think smart policymakers would want to ensure that young people exit high school with a solid grasp of American history and government—the foundations of responsible citizenship.
