Thomas B. Fordham Institute

State leaders, educators, and researchers joined the Ohio Education Association Monday to voice their opposition to a law that mandates a student be retained if they do not pass a third-grade reading test.

This is the week that advocates for school choice are highlighting alternatives to traditional public schools.One choice that may be available to a…

A proposed new school funding formula would cost the state $720 million more than the current K-12 budget. And it doesn’t include funding for charter or…

Charter school advocates are calling on lawmakers to bump up their funding for facilities. They say the money now going to charters falls well below what…

White Hat Management, the once-prolific Ohio charter school operator and early advocate for school choice in the state, is leaving the charter school…

One Northeast Ohio school district is graduating students at higher rates this year than in the recent past. But education advocates say the increase…

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute says Ohio’s school report cards are unfair to schools with high rates of poverty.The education research and advocacy group…

Two national education advocacy groups say Ohio could be doing better when it comes to its annual school report cards. Both groups say they’re too…

Nearly one-third of Ohio public school teachers are chronically absent, according to a new national report. But the rate in charter schools is…