3+ week, 2+ day ago   (159+ words) Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Charters on the rise in Cleveland – pt. 2 In a second piece published this week, Signal Cleveland’s Franziska Wild focuses on two organizations that have…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (385+ words) Typically, reformers have worried that union and Democratic pressure would stifle charters in blue states. Now we have to ask: Can charter schools keep pace with more widely available private alternatives in red states with robust ESA programs? A new…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (457+ words) The Thomas B....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (381+ words) To address this literacy crisis, Ohio lawmakers have enacted two landmark policy reforms: the third grade reading guarantee (2012) and science of reading initiatives (2023). The third grade reading guarantee requires elementary schools to identify struggling readers in grades K–3 and create an…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (197+ words) Third-grade proficiency is one of the most consequential milestones in a child’s academic career. Around this time, students transition from learning foundational skills to using those skills to engage with more complex content. This period has become the gateway to…...