KidsOhio » Reports by Other Organizations http://www.kidsohio.org Improving the lives and education of Ohio's children. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:59:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Presentations from this week’s Ohio Economic-Education Summit IV http://www.kidsohio.org/2011/02/25/presentations-from-this-weeks-ohio-economic-education-summit-iv/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2011/02/25/presentations-from-this-weeks-ohio-economic-education-summit-iv/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:44:07 +0000 ann http://www.kidsohio.org/?p=2745
  • What Role Does Education Play in Economic Development?
    Bill LaFayette, Vice President, Economic Analysis, Columbus Chamber
    • ]]>     http://www.kidsohio.org/2011/02/25/presentations-from-this-weeks-ohio-economic-education-summit-iv/feed/ 0     Fordham’s Needles in a Haystack report highlights high-performing Ohio schools serving disadvantaged students http://www.kidsohio.org/2010/05/26/fordhams-needles-in-a-haystack-report-highlights-high-performing-ohio-schools-serving-disadvantaged-students/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2010/05/26/fordhams-needles-in-a-haystack-report-highlights-high-performing-ohio-schools-serving-disadvantaged-students/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 10:00:22 +0000 ann http://www.kidsohio.org/?p=2545 Click the following link to watch, Needles in a Haystack: Lessons from Ohio’s high-performing, high-need urban schools, which includes interviews with principals and teachers: http://www.vimeo.com/11932558

    ]]>     http://www.kidsohio.org/2010/05/26/fordhams-needles-in-a-haystack-report-highlights-high-performing-ohio-schools-serving-disadvantaged-students/feed/ 0     The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s poll of 40,000 teachers http://www.kidsohio.org/2010/03/30/the-bill-melinda-gates-foundations-poll-of-40000-teachers/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2010/03/30/the-bill-melinda-gates-foundations-poll-of-40000-teachers/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:59:21 +0000 ann http://www.kidsohio.org/?p=2520 Click here to read the poll: Primary Sources: America\’s Teachers on America\’s Schools

    ]]>     http://www.kidsohio.org/2010/03/30/the-bill-melinda-gates-foundations-poll-of-40000-teachers/feed/ 0     US Department of Education: A Blueprint for Reform http://www.kidsohio.org/2010/03/29/us-department-of-education-a-blueprint-for-reform/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2010/03/29/us-department-of-education-a-blueprint-for-reform/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:46:09 +0000 ann http://www.kidsohio.org/?p=2517 Click here to read about the reauthorization of NCLB, now know as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA): A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

    ]]>     http://www.kidsohio.org/2010/03/29/us-department-of-education-a-blueprint-for-reform/feed/ 0     Raising Rigor, Getting Results: Lessons Learned from AP Expansion, by NGA Center for Best Practices http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/09/16/raising-rigor-getting-results-lessons-learned-from-ap-expansion-by-nga-center-for-best-practices/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/09/16/raising-rigor-getting-results-lessons-learned-from-ap-expansion-by-nga-center-for-best-practices/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:51:07 +0000 ann http://www.kidsohio.org/?p=2352 The National Governors’ Association Center for Best Practices recently released the report, Raising Rigor, Getting Results: Lessons Learned from AP Expansion.

    To read the full report, follow this link: http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0908APREPORT.PDF

    ]]>     http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/09/16/raising-rigor-getting-results-lessons-learned-from-ap-expansion-by-nga-center-for-best-practices/feed/ 0     Education Commission of the States’ International Benchmarking Toolkit http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/09/16/education-commission-of-the-states-international-benchmarking-toolkit/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/09/16/education-commission-of-the-states-international-benchmarking-toolkit/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:53:54 +0000 ann http://www.kidsohio.org/?p=2347 Education Commission of the States (ECS) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that informs decision-making by synthesizing state-level data from across the nation.  To review ECS’s newly released International Benchmarking Toolkit, click here: http://www.ecs.org/IB/IBtoolkit3-26-09.pdf 

     

    ]]>     http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/09/16/education-commission-of-the-states-international-benchmarking-toolkit/feed/ 0     EducationCounsel Releases Analysis of New Federal Stimulus Guidelines http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/04/10/educationcounsel-releases-analysis-of-new-federal-stimulus-guidelines/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/04/10/educationcounsel-releases-analysis-of-new-federal-stimulus-guidelines/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:05:48 +0000 eric http://www.kidsohio.org/?p=1674 On April 1, the U.S. Department of Education released new guidelines on the use of education funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. EducationCounsel has since issued this memo providing an analysis of these new guidelines, focusing specifically on IDEA, Title I, and State Fiscal Stabilization Funds.

    EducationCounsel is an innovative law, policy, strategy, and advocacy organization committed to strengthening education systems, closing achievement gaps, and expanding access to educational opportunities.     -EducationCounsel

    ]]>     http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/04/10/educationcounsel-releases-analysis-of-new-federal-stimulus-guidelines/feed/ 0     Beyond Tinkering: Creating Real Opportunities for Today’s Learners and for Generations of Ohioans to Come, by Ohio Grantmakers Forum http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/01/22/beyond-tinkering-creating-real-opportunities-for-todays-learners-and-for-generations-of-ohioans-to-come-by-ohio-grantmakers-forum/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/01/22/beyond-tinkering-creating-real-opportunities-for-todays-learners-and-for-generations-of-ohioans-to-come-by-ohio-grantmakers-forum/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:56:13 +0000 ann http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/01/22/beyond-tinkering-creating-real-opportunities-for-todays-learners-and-for-generations-of-ohioans-to-come-by-ohio-grantmakers-forum/ KidsOhio.org endorsed the education policy recomendations in Beyond Tinkering: Creating Real Opportunities for Today’s Learners and for Generations of Ohioans to Come. Recommendations have been shared with Governor Ted Strickland, the 128th Ohio General Assembly and the State Board of Education.

    Read full report.

    ]]>     http://www.kidsohio.org/2009/01/22/beyond-tinkering-creating-real-opportunities-for-todays-learners-and-for-generations-of-ohioans-to-come-by-ohio-grantmakers-forum/feed/ 0     Education Trust report finds that some funding for low-income students in Ohio does not reach schools with greatest need http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/12/22/education-trust-report-finds-that-some-funding-for-low-income-students-in-ohio-does-not-reach-schools-with-greatest-need/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/12/22/education-trust-report-finds-that-some-funding-for-low-income-students-in-ohio-does-not-reach-schools-with-greatest-need/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:22:33 +0000 eric http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/12/22/education-trust-report-finds-that-some-funding-for-low-income-students-in-ohio-does-not-reach-schools-with-greatest-need/


    A new report from the Education Trust (EdTrust) claims that additional funds intended for low-income students in Ohio often don’t reach the schools with the greatest needs. According to the EdTrust, Ohio has made some significant progress in improving equity across districts in student funding: “By 2006…Ohio districts with the highest poverty rates received $883 more per pupil in state and local funds than the districts with the lowest poverty rates.” The EdTrust’s analysis of the state’s largest 14 school districts, however, finds some funding inequities between schools within districts. For instance, the study found that within 11 of the 14 districts, the average teacher salary was higher in schools with lower rates of low-income students than in those schools with higher rates of low-income students. The report also examines differences in class size and spending per pupil on teacher salaries.

    For a copy of the full report, click here.

    ]]>     http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/12/22/education-trust-report-finds-that-some-funding-for-low-income-students-in-ohio-does-not-reach-schools-with-greatest-need/feed/ 0     The Massachusetts Story of Reform, Expectations, Achievement and Challenges, David P. Driscoll http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/12/11/the-massachusetts-story-of-reform-expectations-achievement-and-challenges-david-p-driscoll/ http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/12/11/the-massachusetts-story-of-reform-expectations-achievement-and-challenges-david-p-driscoll/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:12:42 +0000 ann http://www.kidsohio.org/2008/12/11/the-massachusetts-story-of-reform-expectations-achievement-and-challenges-david-p-driscoll/ This PowerPoint presentation was given at a KidsOhio-sponsored briefing for new and returning legislators on December 8, 2008. As Massachusetts’ former Commissioner of Education, David P. Driscoll shares his state’s  education reform story.

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