2011 April 30

The New PB Shirts Are Here!

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Plunderbund Sues Over Charter Scandal Records

After months of delays, Plunderbund has sued Kasich’s education department of public records

Voters Need A Voice On School Board

ECOT Lies About Enrollment Numbers

Ohio’s Largest Online Charter School, ECOT, Has Disturbingly Overstated Student Enrollment

Ohio Alliance For Public Charter Schools Going Out Of Business

The dismal reputation of Ohio’s charter industry may be the reason funders have withdrawn their support of OAPCS.

Help Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda In Ohio

Here’s a quick list of some of the groups in Ohio that will be actively working against Trump’s backwards and divisive agenda.

From the daily archives: Saturday, April 30, 2011

Fordham Institute: New budget makes Ohio’s charter schools into “laughing stock”

On April 30, 2011 By Joseph

According to a post by The Thomas B. Fordham Institute yesterday, the new budget released by House Republicans “risks making the Buckeye State the nation’s laughing stock when it comes to charter school programs.”

Fordham is hardly an unbiased observer. They are an advocacy group focused on education and they are unabashedly pro-charter school. They even sponsor charter schools in Ohio, including the KIPP school in Columbus. While I don’t agree with them on a lot of their policy, their analysis of the new budget is dead-on.

As Fordham points out, Ohio’s charter system has faced a whole lot […]

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