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Ohio Charter News Weekly " 5. 15. 26
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (109+ words) Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Ohio charter schools in the news News from the Statehouse " Part 2 The view from Cleveland Jeff Murray is a lifelong resident of central Ohio....
The laudable intentions of HB 715 are offset by two misguided provisions
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (111+ words) There are, however, two provisions in HB 715 that these informational sheets don't address'and for good reason. [1] The maximum scholarship for students in grades K8 is currently $6, 166 and $8, 408 for grades 912. Jessica Poiner joined the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in 2014 as an education policy…...
What do we know about the value of CTE credentials?
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (698+ words) A new report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, authored by Jay Plasman from The Ohio State University, estimates the value of earning industry-recognized credentials and certificates as part of high school CTE pathways. The top-line takeaway is that some of…...
Five policies for school boards to improve discipline
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (787+ words) One year, I decided to write down bullet-pointed notes on all the chaos, violence, and disorder that occurred in my school: Two students held a peer against a wall while a third pummeled them in the face and stomach; another…...
Findings from the new phone ban study may not be so bleak after all
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (195+ words) That's why, since I left the classroom in 2022, I've been heartened to see the wave of school cellphone bans across districts and states. Unlikely bedfellows from teachers unions to Moms for Liberty have allied in support, and a study last…...
Trump's education tax credit is poorly designed, but blue states should opt into it anyway
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (197+ words) The federal voucher program is simply federally-funded discrimination, a chance for the government to transfer its tax liability to private schools without holding them to any sort of anti-discrimination standards. It's the government spending what were supposed to be tax…...
Gadfly Bites 5/13/26 Case for the defense
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (96+ words) News stories featured in Gadfly Bites may require a paid subscription to read in full. You have been warned. Jeff Murray is a lifelong resident of central Ohio. He previously worked at School Choice Ohio and the Greater Columbus Arts…...
Interested Party testimony on Ohio Substitute Senate Bill 19
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (903+ words) The Scope of Ohio's Math Challenge Despite recent academic gains, Ohio remains well below pre-pandemic achievement in both reading and math. As Fordham's recent analyses show, math proficiency remains 5. 7 percentage points below 2019 levels, with only 55. 3% of students proficient (on grade…...
Proponent testimony on Ohio Substitute Senate Bill 272
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (321+ words) NOTE: Today, the Ohio Senate's Education Committee heard testimony on Substitute Senate Bill 272. This legislation would, among other things, require students to pass a civics assessment as a condition for graduation. Fordham's Vice President for Ohio Policy at the Thomas…...
Proponent testimony on Senate Bill 127
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (520+ words) NOTE: Today, the Ohio Senate's Education Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 127. The legislation would, if enacted, make changes to the way the state identifies charter schools for closure going forward. Fordham's Vice President for Ohio Policy provided the following…...