A lawsuit filed by the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow raises bigger questions about howOhio should fund schools - or students - in the future. There's a school attendance debate raging ...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2016/09/online-attendance-funding-issue.html
In 2015 following a series of scandals and reports, Ohio passed a law that revised how charter schools and their sponsors would be evaluated. Toledo Public School's Pickett Academy has been...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2016/09/ohio-public-schools-same-standards.html
Ohio ranks well when it comes to providing students with educational choices, but there is still room for improvement, a new report says. The American Federation for Children (AFC) and the Am...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2016/09/ohio-private-school-choice.html
Community leaders greet students on their first day at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy for Boys (photo from Toledo Public Schools) It was the first day of school in Toledo and Rev. Jo...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2016/08/toledo-magnet-school-community.html
The City of Toledo is considering an ordinance that would create an inspection law for rental properties that might contain lead paint. The EPA's lead paint rental notice required for all l...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2016/06/toledos-proposed-lead-based-rental.html
photo via Wikia.com First, please accept my apologies for being gone from regular blog posts for so long. While writing for Ohio Watchdog , I channeled much of my "thoughts" into those articl...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2016/06/thurbers-thoughts-is-back.html
www.themediabriefing.com As the Ohio General Assembly debates the state’s biennial budget, a new report says the state is spending too much. Gov. John Kasich’s proposed budget increase...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/06/ohio-budgets-billions.html
Apparently, the City of Toledo has learned a valuable lesson: It open city pools and doesn't have to spend limited tax dollars to do so. According to today's paper, six pools and a splashpad,...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/05/toledo-pools-will-open-without.html
> "These things I believe: > That government should butt out. That freedom > precious commodity and if we are not eternally vigilant, government > will take it all a...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/04/qotd-core-beliefs.html
Photo Credit: Independent Institute Let's face it, the demographics are not on our side. Based upon 2030 census projections, there will be a large increase in the number of K-12 students ...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/03/ohio-education-savings-account.html
Some of the issues raised in a lawsuit against White Hat Management are addressed in a bill to overhaul Ohio's charter school law. A series of events, including a lawsuit, has led the Oh...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/03/ohio-charter-school-laws.html
> "Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational > "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our > public schools could just achieve m...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/02/if-pickett-were-charter-school-itd-be.html
It's National School Choice Week - a week dedicated to celebrating options students have for an education. Lest you think this is all about charters, private schools or home-schooling, please r...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/01/Ohio-school-choice-2015.html
This ad is from the CDC which is no longer just the Centers for Disease Control,but is now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Forgive me for getting this wrong, but I alw...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/01/who-is-responsible-health-care.html
One of my favorite organizations is the Media Research Center - though most people have probably never heard of it. Their sole mission, according to their website, is "to expose and neutral...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/01/news-frizzy-hair-hypocrisy.html
You've probably noticed that it's been a while since I posted an article here on Thurber's Thoughts. The truth is, I've been working - more than I would like - and it definitely cut into my time...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/01/new-year-new-posts-new-speaker-of-house.html
By Maggie Thurber | Franklin Center School Choice Fellow Want to know how state voucher programs stack up? The Center for Education Reform has the answer. In their new report, School Choi...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/10/grading-state-vouchers.html
By Maggie Thurber | Franklin Center School Choice Fellow A recent audit of 10 school voucher programs shows a cumulative savings of at least $1.7 billion since the first program was establish...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/10/school-voucher-programs-save-billions.html
By Maggie Thurber | Franklin Center School Choice Fellow In 2011, Congress passed the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act which reestablished the Washington, D.C., Opportuni...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/10/dc-opportunity-scholarship.html
By Maggie Thurber | Franklin Center School Choice Fellow Ohio recently changed the way it rates schools, going to an A-F grading system that is supposed to make it easier for parents, taxpayer...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/10/ohio-needs-more-high-quality-education_14.html
By Maggie Thurber | Franklin Center School Choice Fellow The Wisconsin Federation for Children, the state-based affiliate of the American Federation for Children, wants you to steal their edu...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/10/need-education-reform-plan-steal-this.html
By Maggie Thurber | Franklin Center School Choice Fellow Photo by Derek Bruff via Flickr Creative Commons Who owns the equipment in charter schools? We’re talking the computers, desk...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/09/charter-school-equipment-Ohio.html
By Maggie Thurber | Franklin Center School Choice Fellow Two students whose parents took advantage of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. Photo courtesy of Step Up For Children T...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/09/corporate-tax-credits-mean-more-school.html
By Maggie Thurber | Franklin Center School Choice Fellow Graphic courtesy of National Alliance for Public Charter schools Students around the nation have begun their 2014-15 school year ...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/09/debunking-myths-about-charter-schools.html
The cover of new survey by Reason-Rupe. One of the things emphasized during social media panels at the Americans for Prosperity Defending the American Dream Summit was the choice of words. ...
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2014/09/choosing-your-words-wisely-lesson-from.html