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Educational accountability

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How long should charter school contract terms be?

Jeff Murray 9.24.2026
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Ohio’s feel-good school report card masks poor student outcomes

Aaron Churchill 9.23.2026
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Examining charter school contract renewal length decisions by authorizers

Jeff Murray 9.22.2026
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Alpha School’s Theranos problem

Van Schoales 9.11.2026
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Gadfly Bites 8/31/26—Money for nothin’

Jeff Murray 8.31.2026
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The three prongs of education reform success: Policy, programs, and political perseverance

Patricia Levesque 8.28.2026
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Expanded review process for determining school quality leads to minimal improvement

Jeff Murray 8.20.2026
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Ohio explores improvements to its statewide assessment

Jessica Poiner 8.19.2026
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Why Ohio’s third-grade retention law worked (until lawmakers killed it)

Vladimir Kogan 8.3.2026
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Congress learned the wrong lessons from No Child Left Behind

Dale Chu 7.30.2026
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Accountability is not just about improving instruction. It aims to shift local politics, too.

Michael J. Petrilli 7.23.2026
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State assessments can be useful for both instruction and accountability—if we design them that way

Arthur VanderVeen 7.9.2026
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