Policy Analyses
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 out of the data we have
Use
value-added data to measure teacher effectiveness; but
humanely
Is
Ohio’s value-added system broken?
The
data is already holding everyone else accountable; why not
teachers?
Value-added
analysis is more art than science
Ohio’s
rating system
NCLB’s
teeth now sinking into high-performers
Changes
to Ohio’s academic rating system about to become law
Should
school ratings be available before start of new school
year?
National Assessment for Educational Progress
Surprise,
Surprise? Not in Ohio’s NAEP reading results
Losing
LeBron isn’t Cleveland’s biggest problem
Other
achievement trends
Ohio
districts that have grown in poverty are holding steady on
achievement (true story)
College
outlook not bright for Ohio grads, says ACT report
Fordham-authorized
school ranks among very best urban public middle schools
Running
in place – Ohio’s reading and math scores stagnate
Also
running in place – Ohio’s e-school performance
The Chinese delegation to... Ohio?
Sponsorship & accountability
Closed
charter school returns $423,421 to state’s coffers
Fordham
plans to merge its sponsorship effort
Fordham's
charter school sponsorship contract 2.0
Buckeye
State holding charter school sponsors accountable
Quality must trump quantity when it comes to new charter
schools
Charter
sector needs to shear its black sheep
What
do you think--second half of the charter school bargain?
Fordham
is lots of things, but hypocrite is not one of them
Toward
excellence in charter school authorizing
Charter-district
cooperation
Ohio can learn from Gates' District-Charter Compact endeavor
Other
Ohio districts should take a cue from Cleveland
Quality
education should trump district damage control
Cincinnati:
We’ll sell you a school building, just don’t use it for a
school
Charters
in Ohio hope for equal-opportunity hospitality
The
wheels on the bus go… late, off-route, and terribly
mismanaged
District-charter
relationships are love/hate
Romeo
and Juliet have nothing on Ohio charter schools
Can
the school-choice genie go back in the bottle?
Top
non-profit charter models leave Ohio behind
ODE
sets charter accountability sights on district conversion
schools
Other
Cincinnati’s
magnet schools: Of campfires and enrollment apps
Bias,
faulty research cloud valid message in charter school report
Accolades,
grant dollars, and high-flying charters bypass the Buckeye
State
Skepticism
about Chicago’s charter unionization
Buckeye Education in Review: 1999 to 2009
Race to the Top
The
race is on and teachers are front and center
If
Ohio wins Race to the Top, what type of students will funds
reach?
RttT
reforms are good, but can we afford them over the
long-haul?
Extra!
Extra! Read all about it! (Now drop it.)
Ohio’s
Race to the Top application rewrite should improve “Great Teachers
& Leaders” section
Race
to the Top: How Ohio can go from a B- to an A
Vigilant
stakeholders must hold Ohio to its Race to the Top data promises
Race
to the Top isn’t the Oscars
Teachers:’
"new contract higher priority than Race to the Top"
More
Race to the Top drop-outs
Update:
Can Race to the Top decisions really be politics-free?
Can
Race to the Top decisions really be politics-free?
Dayton
Education Association makes (weak) case for rejecting RttT
Bankrupt
of logic: Dayton’s teachers union rejects Race to the Top, despite
$5 million deficit
Majority
of Ohio districts/charters rejected on first RttT try
Will
the timing of Race to the Top force compromises?
Promises,
promises
Ohio
unions are hand in glove with writers of Buckeye State’s Race to the
Top application – why this is a bad thing
Ed
Jobs
Ohio
districts smart to sock away Edujobs funding
Edujobs:
What’s hyperbole and what’s real?
Ohio
stands to gain more from RttT than Edujobs bill
School
Improvement Grants
Should
federal dollars be used to try to turn around failing
charters?
Ohio
schools winning School Improvement Grants select easiest
model
Worst
SIG-winning schools get $31 million. Similar charters would be
shuttered
Re:
Worst middle school in Ohio will turn itself around?
Worst
middle school in Ohio will turn itself around? (What’s the
definition of insanity again?)
Other
Every
bit counts: Ohio could gain tens of millions under revised Title I
formula
Rep.
guvs: “the public is on our side” (in taking on public employee
& teacher unions)
Public catching on to pension system woes
Pessimistic
scientists: 1, State Teachers Retirement System: 0
State
pension fund execs peering through rose-colored glasses
Education facing demands at a time of leaner rations
Unraveling
constant school spending growth
"Reform
dollars” for education are dwarfed by status quo spending
Educating
children while living within our means
When
there is less of it, school funding should encourage
innovation
Search
for cost-savings is nothing new for local school districts
Timing
is right in Ohio for smart district consolidation
Did
you Know? Fiscal impact of raising student-teacher ratios in
Ohio
Just
how top-heavy are some of Ohio’s school districts?
Ohio’s
school funding “fix” hasn’t changed reality for some
communities
Lessons
on class-size reduction from Florida
Weak
links to student achievement in school funding model
Charter
schools bracing for funding cuts, still seeking parity
The
new normal in public education: doing more with less
Did
you Know? Growth in Ohio’s teaching force amidst decline in
enrollment
Ohio
ranks high in number of teachers with master's degrees
McKinsey’s
“Closing the Talent Gap”
Dear
Ohio,
Reevaluating
the meaning of teacher commitment
Dayton Urban League ceases operations after 63 years
Adults
biggest hurdle to reforms that Cleveland’s students
deserve
Becoming
charters could save Cleveland’s most promising schools
Cleveland
teachers union: if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em
Setbacks
in Cincinnati
A
Promising future for charter schools in Dayton
Policy changes necessary for Cleveland to see Baltimore-like success
The
worst news in Cleveland this week has nothing to do with
LeBron
Keeping
Cleveland from going the way of Detroit
Youngstown
needs to think outside the box
Bright
spots in urban education: 16 high-performing schools
“Educational
malpractice” taking place in Ohio’s longest-suffering schools
Can
technology rescue school budgets?
Opportunities
abound with online learning
Ohio’s
voucher program reaches its cap – how much “evidence” will justify
its expansion?
Hundreds
of Ohio students on EdChoice Scholarship (voucher)
waitlist
85,000
students eligible for Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship (voucher)
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