- Our own Chad Aldis was a guest on the State of Ohio news program on Friday. He was there to talk about our recent report on interdistrict open enrollment, along with the redoubtable Steve Dyer, although host Karen Kasler couldn’t resist asking them both about the status of the ongoing kerfuffle between the state’s largest online school and the Ohio Department of Education. The education portion of the show starts at 6:42 in the video and continues for the remainder of the episode! (The Ohio Channel, 6/16/17)
- Chad was also quoted in the D yesterday, in a piece which tried to assess the status of all those charter schools whose sponsors did not fare well on their evaluations last year. Ten of 21 cases are resolved, says the article, including the fate of Groveport’s Cruiser Academy, as noted by the Dispatch last week. (Columbus Dispatch, 6/18/17)
- Speaking of the D, editors there opined in praise of the state board of education in regard to the aforementioned online school kerfuffle. (Columbus Dispatch, 6/18/17) Today, Dispatch editors opined with equal energy in frustration at recent news regarding the years-old and seemingly far-from-being-behind-us data scrubbing scandal in Columbus City Schools. (Columbus Dispatch, 6/19/17)
- New data from Youngstown in regard to its third graders’ reading test scores is being greeted somewhat differently by the CEO, the ADC chair, and the school board president. Some are happy; one is skeptical (Youngstown Vindicator, 6/17/17) Sticking with Y’town for a minute, here is a detailed update on transportation changes (dare I say “improvements”) initiated under the “I bleed yellow” leadership of Colleen Murphy-Penk since she began service in September. That includes tons of nerdy tech talk that, if as functional as described, promises huge service boosts to students and potentially huge savings for the district. Kudos. (Youngstown Vindicator, 6/19/17)
- The regulars at Moe’s Tavern (a.k.a. other Lorain area school district leaders) appear to be four-square behind one individual as The Only One for the Job of Lorain CEO. Guess who? (Northern Ohio Morning Journal, 6/17/17) By every indication here, the chair of the new Lorain Academic Distress Commission, Dr. Anthony Richardson, is a sterling individual who has transcended difficult life circumstances to get where he is today. He praises his teachers and the schools he attended in Lorain for helping him get to that point. Should be an interesting year or two for him and the district. Best wishes to all. (Northern Ohio Morning Journal, 6/18/17)
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