- The editor of the Blade published a lengthy commentary on Ohio’s new charter reform law this weekend, urging the state not to allow “abuse and cronyism” to derail it promising reforms. (Toledo Blade, 10/25/15)
- Here a piece published late in the day on Friday, previewing CREDO’s upcoming report on E-school performance across the country. Ohio’s results are not expected to be stellar. s in the crosshairs. (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 10/23/15)
- The PD stayed on the national education beat this weekend, taking a look at the new study on student testing from the Council of the Great City Schools. The current amount of testing they found is “beyond reason”. CMSD CEO Eric Gordon participated in the council's national news conference and said exams used to be about helping instruction but "have strayed to measure so many different things… Cleveland schools need to spend more time making sure district tests are not redundant and are both useable and used to inform instruction." (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 10/24/15) Today, in central Ohio, educators are weighing in on the post-PARCC testing regimen in the Buckeye State. Says the formerly-Big D: “Local educators expect that this school year’s statewide testing will be a more-relaxed, more-efficient experience than last year’s, which they said was confusing, glitchy and needlessly time-consuming.” (Columbus Dispatch, 10/26/15)
- School districts in Mahoning County say they are having a harder-than-usual time finding bus drivers. They blame the availability of fracking jobs for thinning the crop of potential candidates. (Youngstown Vindicator, 10/26/15)
