Thursday, December 10, 2015

New ESEA Returns Power to States. But is that a Good Thing?

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It looks like the federal government is going to back off and let states handle more education policy. This is a direct response to the upro...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Why did the Similar Students Model Spark a Nerd War?

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Recently, there have been a spate of stories and rumblings about an education performance calculation called a "Similar Students" ...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Charters Fixing Youngstown? Data Say, "Not So Fast."

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One of the key provisions of Ohio's new $71 million federal charter school grant is to, according to the state's cover letter, ...
Monday, December 7, 2015

Ohio's Record with Federal Charter Grants Not So Great

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When I last left you, I was cheering about the passage of House Bill 2 -- Ohio's most important charter school reform bill since the pro...
Friday, December 4, 2015

I'm Back!

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Well, I've been absent from this space for a bit. In case you didn't know, I was running for City Council in Green. I won the most v...
Friday, October 9, 2015

A Great Day for Ohio's Kids

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A little more than two years ago, I listened to a presentation in the bowels of the Ohio Statehouse. It was being given by a school funding ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Bizarro World: Ohio Wins Big USDOE Award for Charter School Oversight.

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Every once in a while, I'm gobstopped. Really and truly. Yesterday was one of those times. That's when I found out that Ohio had rec...