Good editorial in the Dispatch on teacher merit pay: Despite seeing mixed results, Columbus City Schools shouldn’t give up on merit-pay bonuses for teachers. The question of whether merit pay can lead all teachers and students to better results is too complex to be answered by a few years’ worth of data at only a …
Tag Archive: education
Aug
05
Bob Taft is feeling pretty good these days
What with Ted Strickland taking all the heat from left and right while the economy makes Taft’s time in office seem like an oasis of prosperity. The folks over at the Education Gadfly had the bright idea of talking to him about his new found perspective. And it produced some interesting quotes. These two in …
Aug
04
Dispatch right about all-day kindergarten
I am not shy about criticizing the Columbus Dispatch when their coverage or editorials deserve it. But they also offer some good coverage and some worthwhile editorials. So in the interest of fairness allow me to point out today’s example. All day kindergarten is a favorite of the liberal spend more on education types despite …
Jun
09
Charter schools do better than measurements suggest
Interesting news via the Columbus Dispatch on charter schools: Charter schools and urban traditional schools do a better job educating students than some state measurements suggest, according to a study released today by KidsOhio.org. The education-advocacy group’s study shows that charter schools score much better when measured by how much students grow academically from year-to-year …
Jun
08
Monday Morning Links
Some Ohio Politics links that caught my eye this Monday morning: – Prosecution of Gutierrez uncommon Anthony Gutierrez, the former manager in the attorney general’s office accused of stealing from his boss’s campaign account, treating female subordinates as sexual playthings, and driving state vehicles while drunk, is not facing criminal charges related to any of …