Tag Archives: ohio

NOT So Important to Swing State Voters in November: Vouchers, School Choice and Merit Pay

A fascinating survey from the College Board is getting significant play from the education media. Joy Resmovits  reported yesterday of the survey’s interesting focus on what swing state voters were saying about education policy. So did Education Week reporter Alyson Klein … Continue reading

Posted in EDUCATION | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

How Rupert Murdoch’s Money for John Kasich is Putting Ohio Back in Play for Obama

If you attempt to take the political temperature of a state and want to make a serious assessment of the climate, you often have to consider the source. AlterNet would admit to being leftward leaning and to being biased  toward Democrats. But … Continue reading

Posted in EDUCATION | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Ruling that Makes Charter Schools Accountable to Taxpayers

On the heals of Rick Scott’s ill-advised pep rally last week for 200o charter school educators, comes news that an Ohio court has ruled that the state’s charter schools must abide by state law and make public decisions they make with taxpayer money. From … Continue reading

Posted in EDUCATION | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ohio Governor John Kasich Says Teachers Should Design Merit Pay System

Perhaps John Kasich actually wants Ohio to be different then, say, Florida, who’s republicans dictated what would be implemented: “I’ve become convinced that when it comes to actually designing this program, the governor ought to stay out of it,” Kasich said … Continue reading

Posted in EDUCATION | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

How much of Rick Scott’s unpopularity is due to his education reform bill?

In State Ed Watch, Sean Cavanagh explores sliding favorability numbers of three Republican governors who overhauled education in their states.  Florida’s Rick Scott has the poorest .numbers Florida’s governor fares the worst of the three, with only 29 percent of … Continue reading

Posted in EDUCATION, FLORIDA POLITICS | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment