Thursday, September 26, 2013

In Ohio, Quality Should Be Job 1

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In a recent post by the Fordham Institute, Aaron Churchill takes Bill Phillis -- the legendary public education defender who ran the campai...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Harmon Strikes Again

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I have to admit that I felt extreme pride this morning when I read in my Akron Beacon Journal that Harmon Middle School -- my alma mater -- ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Ohio Race to the Top Challenges

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A recent report  outlined the problems with implementing Race to the Top goals in Ohio and other states. The Economic Policy Institute put o...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Advanced Look at New Diane Ravitch Book

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Diane Ravitch is at once the most polarizing and fervent voices in education policy today. Her latest work, Reign of Error  is classic Ravit...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

ABJ Details How White Hat Operates Above the Law

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Last weekend, the Akron Beacon Journal did another classic Beacon Journal story about Charter Schools by pointing out huge state loopholes ...
Friday, September 6, 2013

Plain Dealer Confirms 10th Period Analysis from March

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A story in today's Plain Dealer confirmed what we wrote here at 10th Period in March  -- that much of the alleged "increase" ...
Monday, September 2, 2013

Urban Charters Don't Resemble Urban Districts

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After I read the Columbus Dispatch story  that laid out just how much Ohio's Charter School experiment had failed, especially in relatio...