Fordham Institute Ohio

The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, the charter school sponsorship arm of the Fordham Institute, is looking for a part-time Finance and Data Support Specialist to assist the Controller in collecting and compiling data related to school operations and maintaining electronic compliance reporting. Details and application information can be found here:

Finance and Data Support Specialist (Ohio) REPORTS TO: Controller BASED IN: Dayton, Cincinnati, or Columbus Ohio FULL/PART TIME: Part time (20 hrs/week) OFFICE BASED OR REMOTE: Hybrid POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: Data support

The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, the charter school sponsorship arm of the Fordham Institute, is looking for a part-time School Quality Analyst in the Cincinnati area to help conduct site visits at sponsored schools in the region and to support the staff, families, and school communities. Details and application information can be found here:

School Quality Analyst – Cincinnati region REPORTS TO: Director of Applications and Contracts BASED IN: Cincinnati FULL/PART TIME: Part time (20-30 hrs/week) OFFICE BASED, HYBRID, OR REMOTE: Hybrid Position responsibilities Serve as a liaison with school personnel, families, the community, local agencies, and consultants.

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Ohio Charter News Weekly – 6.21.19 Charter school funding in the biennial budget

It’s always hard to predict what will make the final cut in Ohio’s complicated budget process. But as lawmakers hammer out compromises during upcoming conference committee meetings, we’re hopeful that none of these essential policies will end up on the cutting room floor.

Four key education policies that will be decided in the next ten days As budget season winds down, lawmakers face the tall task of reconciling some vastly different proposals from the governor’s office, the House, and the Senate on a variety of issues in the budget bill, House Bill 166. The majority of these decisions will be worked out in conference committee, whic...

As the budget bill races to the finish line, policymakers would be smart to reconsider the wisdom of setting a misconstrued funding floor. Like government handouts for billionaires, sending a few extra dollars to high wealth districts like Beachwood, Indian Hill, and Upper Arlington simply makes no sense.

The rich get richer under a Senate school funding provision Covering a gamut of issues and spanning thousands of pages, the state budget legislation is apt to contain at least a few harebrained policy ideas. Among the head-scratchers in this year’s iteration are a rule allowing show-choir participation to count as a physical education class and an Oprah-li...