The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation has been authorizing (aka sponsoring) charter schools in Ohio since 2005, and each year we submit an ?accountability report? to the state that documents our authorizing work, our schools' performance, and more. Sharing lessons from our charter authorizing work is important and so we spend a lot of time and energy on it. We're eager to share it with those interested in and committed to improving charter school quality as well as authoring excellence.
This year's report, Renewal and Optimism: Five Years as an Ohio Charter Authorizer, details some of our contract renewal decisions, outlines some achievement victories ? as well as frustration with one low-performing school in particular ? and contrasts our schools with their peers locally and statewide.? The report also discusses Fordham's support ? along with the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio ? of a new statewide authorizing entity that could help ensure quality through scale. To view the whole report, as well as videos of the six schools Fordham authorized in 2009-10, please visit our webpage.