Groundwork Ohio's data analyst, Howard Fleeter of the Ohio Education Policy Institute, and Groundwork Steering Committee member Chad Aldis, Vice President of Ohio Policy and Advocacy for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, were featured on "The State of Ohio" in a discussion of the 2017 Ohio School Report Card released last week. The discussion covered progress and barriers to student performance, including the persistent gap seen among economically disadvantaged students and the schools who serve them compared to their higher income peers. Both promoted investments in early childhood education as a trusted intervention to impact the academic trajectory of economically disadvantaged students as a part of addressing larger systemic change. Click here or on the image below to watch the full show.
