Friday, April 8, 2016

Ohio Teacher Data: Charters Flooded with First-Year Teachers

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One of the signs of a healthy charter school sector is whether teachers want to teach in the schools. Teachers are like the canary in a coal...
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Monday, March 28, 2016

New Proper Perspective: Even if You Hate Testing, Opting Out Can be Worse Under Current System

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  Does Opting Out of state testing help or hurt kids? Jamie : I know that you were especially concerned about opt-outs in N...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

One in 3 Ohio Charters Receive all Their State Money from Money Meant for Better Performing Districts, and Other Observations

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Well, our now annual report chronicling the state's funding transfer between local public school districts and charters is out. And the ...
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Friday, March 11, 2016

Ohio Expenditure Data: Charters Spend More on Administration, Less on Instruction

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Back in 2010, Gov. John Kasich claimed the state's education funding formula didn't spend enough money in the classroom. He claimed ...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Are Ohio eSchools Spending $207 million More Than They Should?

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I don't mean to be alarmist here, but if the Dispatch stories about Ohio's eSchools getting paid for far more kids than they actuall...
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Newfound Concern about eSchool Attendance Not so New

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Over the last several days , the Columbus Dispatch has been reporting that the Ohio Department of Education is going to start cracking down ...
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Friday, February 26, 2016

How Do We Know The New State Report Card is More Accurate?

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Much was made yesterday of the Fordham Institute's statement  from Aaron Churchill, whom I respect and admire, that said the statewide d...
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