Schools

Senator Lamar Alexander, chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, held another hearing this week on the potential reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, since 2002 called No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The subject of … [Read more...] about Should the Federal Government Be Determining How States Evaluate Teachers?

Last October, Ohio State Auditor, Dave Yost sent staffers unannounced to 30 charter schools across the state to see if the headcount of students present matched the number of students the schools had declared were enrolled this year.  Yost announced on January 22, 2015 that, "Out … [Read more...] about Ohio Auditor’s Report on Low Attendance at Dropout Recovery Schools Confirms Long Trend

In Policy vs. Politics: Which Will Prevail in the Looming Ohio Charter School Reform Fight? researchers from the Ohio Charter School Accountability Project examine the connection between political contributions made by David Brennan and William Lager---Ohio's two largest charter … [Read more...] about Charter Titans’ Political Contributions Keep Ohio Charters Unregulated

Charter schools in Ohio are notorious because the state legislature, filled with money from supporters of some of the worst charters, has chosen hardly to regulate the charter school sector at all.  On Tuesday, the Stanford Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) … [Read more...] about Scathing Stanford CREDO Report Shows Ohio Traditional Public Schools Outperform Charters

The U.S. Department of Education has just updated the rules for states to be granted waivers from the most onerous requirements of the old, dated, and much criticized No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).  Anne Hyslop recently reported that in its new rules, the Department now … [Read more...] about Accountability Should Reward Schools That Serve All Children Well Even If Achievement Gaps Remain