This brochure explains four opportunities for middle and high schoolers to earn tuition-free college credit now: Advanced Placement, College Tech Prep, Early College, and Post Secondary Enrollment Options.
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On April 23, KidsOhio.org hosted a briefing and forum on the new RAND research report on charter schools: Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition. Over 90 leaders from across the state attended the event, including members of teachers unions, charter school advocacy groups, the Ohio General Assembly and the State Board of Education.

The RAND Corporation-a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization-recently released a report titled: Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition. The report details the findings of a longitudinal study of charter schools in Chicago, San Diego, Philadelphia, Denver, Milwaukee, and the states of Texas, Florida, and Ohio. Out of the research came a number of key findings about Ohio charter schools and their students.

This report explains how Ohio’s voucher program has changed due to recent legislation. A voucher is a scholarship paid for with state tax dollars that parents of eligible students can use toward sending their child to a participating private school…

This report provides an overview of Ohio’s charter school system and the new private school voucher program…