Publications

December 15, 2010

 Renewal and Optimism: Five Years as an Ohio Charter Authorizer
November 2010

As a charter school sponsor (authorizer), Fordham submits an accountability report to the Ohio Department of Education at the end of November each year. The report includes profiles of each Fordham-sponsored school, as well as graphics comparing the achievement data of our schools, their home districts, and charter schools across the state.

Read it here.
View video profiles of each school here.

Policy Analyses

December 15, 2010

Accountability

Standards
Common Core academic standards: Moving beyond adoption in the Buckeye State
Common Core standards best most states’ standards, including Ohio’s
Seeing all sides of the state’s new science standards
Common Core standards are a smart move for the Buckeye State
Value-added data
Tackling the Yo-Yo effect: Improving Ohio's value-added model
Adding value to value-added: Getting more

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Policy Analyses

Opinions

December 15, 2010

Ohio needs a better way to grade teachers' impact
Op-ed, Terry Ryan, Dayton Daily News
Read it here.

 Schools need to keep the best teachers
Op-ed, Terry Ryan, Columbus Dispatch
Read it here.

 Use Ohio's value-added data to assess teacher effectiveness
Op-ed, Terry Ryan, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Read it here.

 Increasing class sizes could save state

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Opinions

Events & Appearances

December 15, 2010

Stretching the School Dollar: Insights for the Buckeye State

District superintendents, treasurers, lawmakers, policymakers, and education reformers gathered September 27 in Columbus to find solutions to tight education budgets at our Stretching the School Dollar event, which was co-hosted by the Ohio Grantmakers Forum and KidsOhio. (Read about the book, Stretching the School Dollar, published by Harvard Education Press, here). Discussing smart cost savings were economist Marguerite Roza, Steven Wilson of the NYC-based charter management organization Ascend Learning, and Fordham’s own Eric Osberg and Terry Ryan.

You can view the panelists’ Power Point

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Events & Appearances

Fordham on the Radio

December 15, 2010

Talking charter schools on WOSU's All Sides with Ann Fisher
Fordham VP Terry Ryan appeared on WOSU's All Sides with Ann Fisher to discuss the major policy issues facing the Buckeye State's charter school program. Watch the show here or stream audio here (Terry joins in around the 40-minute mark).

 "Schools that Shine": WCPN's Sound of Ideas
Fordham's Needles in Haystack report was the subject of this Sound of Ideas show on Cleveland's NPR affililate, WCPN. Fordham's Ohio VP Terry Ryan

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Fordham on the Radio

Fordham in the News

December 15, 2010

A selection of Fordham quotes in national media, Ohio newspapers, and the blogosphere

National news
School Spending Hot Issue in Ohio Governor's Race, Education Week.
Ohio Schools Opt Out of ‘Race to the Top’, School Reform News
Midwest Group Serves as Magnet for Innovation, Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Results in National School-Reform Contest Spark Complaints, Newsweek.
What LeBron James' decision means for the Midwest, Huffington