Basic facts undermine the arguments of private school choice critics
For nearly two decades, Ohio’s EdChoice program has unlocked private school options for tens of thousands of students by offering state-funded scholarships.
For nearly two decades, Ohio’s EdChoice program has unlocked private school options for tens of thousands of students by offering state-funded scholarships.
Clearinghouses in education are entities that review research studies, analyze the effects of the interventions studied, and provide ratings of those interventions.
On January 3, Justin Bibb was sworn in as the new mayor of Cleveland. His inauguration marks the first time the city has had new leadership since 2006.
Research on individualized, in-school tutoring such as Match Corps has demonstrated impressive results.
"Test mania" debunked - now for the real work to improve testing in Ohio
The good and the bad in recent Ohio education news.
There is no room for Sisyphus in the fight to improve Ohio schools.
The "Massachusetts Miracle" was more than just higher standards implemented well.
The Buckeye State is at the cusp of an era of new emphasis in K-12 education - the college-and-career-ready era. We look at Ohio's report cards in this new light.
Worthington school board member’s testimony in support of Common Core
Part Two of our analysis of the problems with the latest legislative assault on Common Core in Ohio.
Think we're getting something new from HB597? Think again.
As another legislative assault on the Common Core in Ohio begins, here's a few things you might want to know.
Ohio’s new teacher-evaluation system requires evaluators to conduct two, formal thirty-minute classroom observations. Yet these legally prescribed observations seem ripe for compliance and rote box-checking; in fact, they may not be quite the impetus for school-wide improvement that policymakers had hoped for.
We look for - and find - the public schools ranked in the top 10 percent on Ohio’s value-added measure for reading in each of the past four years.
We take a look at the evidence for and against "double dosing" in middle school math.
This piece was originally published the United States Chamber of Commerce’s website on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Six days later, two legislators proposed a new legislative assault on Ohio’s New Learning Standards, which include the Common Core State Standards in math and English language arts.
Do Ohio's multiple accountability "systems" erode the very foundation of accountability?
First of a two-part analysis looking at early indicators to future success.