Public education advocates across the nation are awakening to the fact that traditional public education is under serious attack and thus are gearing up to fight privatization efforts. Traditional public school advocates can overcome well-connected privatizers when they join together …
Some state officials claim that the students caught up in this problem may be “marginally” proficient and therefore could benefit from the additional intervention in the retention programs. They also argue that the mid-term promotion option will take care of …
I am a college professor and a mother. My Ph.D. is in Lifespan Cognitive Development, and I have taught developmental psychology and educational psychology for 25 years at Syracuse University, Ithaca College and Kenyon College. My children are 5 and …
The Board of Public Education Partners is strongly opposed to tying high school graduation to state-mandated standardized tests. Because the Ohio General Assembly created these new graduation requirements in 2014, one third of Ohio’s Class of 2018 is now at …
Ohio’s largest online charter school, the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT), was paid for 9,000 more students than it should have been paid in 2016, according to an Ohio Department of Education enrollment audit. The Ohio Department of Education told …
The public common school ensures that all children have the opportunity to participate in the educational opportunities required by the state and provided by the local communities. It is interesting that the 1802 Ohio Constitution had a provision that no …
Here’s a graphic created by Public Education Partners that shows school district patrons how a portion of their school levy funds flows to charters. Some state officials have argued that no local funds are involved in chartering. They may be …
OEA Opposes HB 176 and HB 181: Both Bills Seek to Rehash Prior Attempts to Eliminate Common Core Standards Testing: OEA opposes HB 176 and HB 181 because each bill would shift gears on students and teachers by implementing yet …
Ohio Rep. Andy Thompson (R- 95th) recently reintroduced a 236-page bill to “eliminate Common Core State Standards and bring standardized testing to a federal minimum.” https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA132-HB-176 The current version of HB 176, introduced and co-sponsored by Ohio ALEC members, appears to address …
When I read the following “report” from the National Conference of State Legislatures on “International Comparisons in Education,” it really disturbed me. I was not happy to hear that some of Ohio’s education leaders consider this as a “report we must take …