STEM education in Ohio is a growing component of the state’s K-12 system. Metro Early College High School opened as a STEM school in Columbus in 2007, and since then STEM schools have opened their doors in metro regions like Dayton, Cincinnati, Akron, and Cleveland. The schools have drawn millions...
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The Mind Trust in Indianapolis released a plan over the weekend that proposes a bold and dramatic transformation of public education akin to what has taken place in New Orleans and New York City. The plan, an amalgamation of some of the nation’s most promising school reform strategies looks to...
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Today, Fordham-Ohio and CEE-Trust are co-releasing a policy brief on charter incubation, “Better Choices: Charter Incubation as a Strategy for Improving the Charter School Sector.” In this post, Terry Ryan and Ethan Gray, vice-president of The Mind Trust and director of CEE-Trust, explain the potential of the model and the...
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One could argue that 2011 has been the year of “digital learning” across America but in fact digital learning has been big business in Ohio for more than a decade. Lessons from that experience should inform the Buckeye State’s approach to new digital learning opportunities that are generating excitement and...
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It is never easy to challenge your own friends and colleagues. But Thomas Lasley, the former dean of education at the University of Dayton, does just that in his hard hitting piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education – “Why do Teacher-Education Programs Fear a New Rating System?” I’ve worked...
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Ohio’s airwaves have been abuzz with commercials for and against Issue 2 (the referendum for Senate Bill 5). For those not living in the Buckeye State, SB 5 is the state’s highly contentious public sector reform law. According to Ohio’s Secretary of State, opponents of the law have raised almost...
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Earlier this year I testified in both the Ohio Senate and the House in support of the education provisions embedded in the highly contentious Senate Bill 5. SB5, now known as Issue 2, is up for referendum next Tuesday and current polls show the bill will very likely be overturned....
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Voters in Ohio support restrictions on collective bargaining (60% support restrictions), and strong majorities (62%) oppose service cuts as a means of keeping public employees at current salary and benefit levels. These findings from Douglas E. Schoen – pollster for President Bill Clinton – should encourage supporters of Ohio’s Senate...
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