- Jeremy Kelly is one of a handful of folks around Ohio who go the extra mile in analyzing report card results each year, and this year is no exception. We’ve already clipped his district-centric analysis. Today, we’re clipping his comparison of charter and district schools in Montgomery County. He quotes our own Aaron Churchill on the topic, which just makes this more awesome. Additional kudos to Jeremy for noting the results for Dayton Regional STEM School also. (Dayton Daily News, 9/21/16) Aaron’s recent Ohio Gadfly blog post on the shrinking “honesty gap” in Ohio was cited by editors in Columbus as they opined favorably on the substance of this year’s report cards. (Columbus Dispatch, 9/23/16)
- Our own Jessica Poiner was cited in EdWeek this week in a piece extolling the virtues of project-based learning. (Education Week, 9/21/16)
- Back to school report cards for a moment. Other reliable analysts of the annual data release are the Ohio Education Policy Institute’s Howard Fleeter… (Gongwer Ohio, 9/21/16) …and the Plain Dealer’s Patrick O’Donnell. Patrick’s been especially busy with a series of reports, including one which tries to compare previous years’ reports to this years' – an unenviable task… (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 9/22/16) …and one which tries to explain the history of Ohio’s new report card measures as they were developed, phased in, and ultimately reported. An even less enviable task, surely. (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 9/22/16)
- Global Impact STEM Academy in Springfield was profiled by NPR this week. You’ll recall that GISA is a new-ish entrant to the ranks of standalone STEM schools in the state, modeled after several others but with a definite career tech and project-based learning bent. (Morning Edition, National Public Radio, 9/22/16) Speaking of public media, here’s a lovely student piece from Yellow Springs public radio in which a student at Dayton Early College Academy talks about leaving war-torn Iraq to settle with her family in Dayton. Because we already know the story has a happy ending, it is less harrowing and more adorable to hear the young woman interview her own mother about their family’s journey. (WYSO-FM, Yellow Springs, 9/22/16)
- The Youngstown Academic Distress Commission this week provided its first feedback on CEO Krish Mohip’s draft strategic plan. Mohip has 30 days to revise and resubmit. (WKBN-TV, Youngstown, 9/20/16)
- If the contract of Austintown Schools’ superintendent is not renewed this year, public disenchantment with open enrollment into (and out of) the district might be part of the reason. (Youngstown Vindicator, 9/22/16)
- The rank and file members of Cleveland’s teacher’s union rejected the proposed new contract hammered out by negotiators earlier this month. The union spokesman cited unspecified, uncorrected “broken promises” for the outcome of the vote. (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 9/22/16)
