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The assessment that does everything is too good to be true
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (539+ words) More than a dozen states are designing, piloting, or implementing some form of through-year assessment as a replacement for the traditional end-of-year test used for federal accountability. But their enthusiasm rests on a shaky assumption: that a single assessment can…...
What a recent survey tells us about teachers and the science of reading
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (622+ words) Editor's note: This discussion between members of the Fordham research team and Kari Kurto, The Reading League's National Director of Policy and Partnerships, comes in the wake of Fordham's recent survey, From the Teacher's Desk: A Science of Reading Progress…...
How parents affect children's college majors
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (103+ words) Importantly, the overall results appear to be driven by students with graduate-educated parents going on to jobs with high growth, and particularly by those who don't go to graduate school right after college. SOURCE: Margaret Leighton and Jamin D. Speer, "Family…...
The future of education philanthropy
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (386+ words) Open AI, Anthropic, and Space X are all planning to go public in coming months, which will create a new crop of billionaires and centi-millionaires'and likely Earth's first trillionaire. Here's how Nan Ransohoff put it in a Substack post that's…...
Gadfly Bites 6/10/26 Math!
19+ hour, 48+ min ago (96+ words) News stories featured in Gadfly Bites may require a paid subscription to read in full. You have been warned. Jeff Murray is a lifelong resident of central Ohio. He previously worked at School Choice Ohio and the Greater Columbus Arts…...
Fordham Institute commends Ohio House Education Committee for passing math reform legislation
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (261+ words) The Thomas B. Fordham Institute Today, the Ohio House Education Committee voted unanimously to favorably report Senate Bill 19 The legislation, which Senate lawmakers passed unanimously last November, includes critical reforms aimed at turning around Ohio's sluggish performance in mathematics In 2024-25, just…...
What population decline and student enrollment loss mean for schools
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (77+ words) Jeff Murray is a lifelong resident of central Ohio. He previously worked at School Choice Ohio and the Greater Columbus Arts Council. He has two degrees from the Ohio State University and lives in the Clintonville neighborhood with his wife....
The false Columbus promise
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (922+ words) Columbus State Community College graduated its largest ever class last month'including the most Columbus Promise students since the program to provide local students six semesters of free tuition and a modest stipend started in 2022, the college noted in a triumphant…...
Lawmakers should narrow Ohio's teacher licensure grade bands
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (122+ words) Three years ago, warnings about potential teacher shortages dominated education headlines. Ohio policymakers, determined to alleviate concerns, included in the state budget a number of provisions aimed at bolstering the teacher workforce. Unfortunately, one of those well-intentioned provisions could soon…...
Gadfly Bites 6/5/26 Clips that ridicule themselves
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (96+ words) News stories featured in Gadfly Bites may require a paid subscription to read in full. You have been warned. Jeff Murray is a lifelong resident of central Ohio. He previously worked at School Choice Ohio and the Greater Columbus Arts…...