Don't miss this week's Ohio Education Gadfly for coverage of all this and more. Be sure to check out Fordham-Ohio's just-released report, Needles in a Haystack: Lessons from Ohio's high-performing, high-need urban schools, which was covered nicely by the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland's WCPN public radio.
Speaking of Cleveland, last week's NAEP TUDA (Trial Urban District Assessment) scores were released and the news is not-so-hot. Find out why losing LeBron isn't Cleveland's biggest worry.
In Dayton, the school board voted unanimously to support a proposal requiring K-8 students to attend their neighborhood school.? Find out what this means for school choice in the city ? which has one of the largest charter markets in the country ? and why this might not bode well for the kids and families there.
Also check out surprising statistics on the high number of teachers with master's degrees in Ohio (compared to other states and the nation), and stay abreast of the recent ruckus over charter accountability in the Buckeye State (the White Hat Management lawsuit, and the report that blasted for-profit Imagine Schools).
On tap for reviews: NACSA's second annual survey of charter school authorizers, the latest from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and edu-film The Cartel.
-OhioFlypaper