10th Period

Husted, we have a (fraud) problem

Not sure bringing Ka$h and the Trump Gang to Ohio to highlight fraud is a great idea when vulnerable U.S. Sen. Jon Husted perpetuated the largest…

Jun 5 • Stephen Dyer

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Legislators scramble to try to make EdChoice Constitutional. They can't.

Simply capping income is not enough and the Constitution is pretty clear that the problem is giving private religious schools any money. Period.

Jun 3 • Stephen Dyer

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April 2026

Kent State President claps back at Vivek. It's about damn time.

I don't know if Ted Diacon read 10th Period prior to his defiant op-ed, but it sure has a 10th Period flavor to it! Never been more proud to have a KSU…

Apr 29 • Stephen Dyer

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Anti-Property Tax Issue Proponents are either extremely dumb or extremely deceitful

Either way, their claims about school administration are monumentally stupid.

Apr 24 • Stephen Dyer

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Ohio taxpayers directly fund more private than public school districts

With 85% of private school students getting subsidies, Ohio now has created a second, taxpayer-funded private school system. Ohio's Constitution only…

Apr 15 • Stephen Dyer

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March 2026

Ramaswamy: Let's close two essential Ohio public universities that Ohio GOP has starved for 30 years

Ohio's support for public university tuition is below 5% of the state budget for the first time on record. But it's the universities' fault for…

Mar 31 • Stephen Dyer

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Highest performing Ohio Charter Schools still have 30% Ds and Fs on State Report Card. Public School Districts have 30% As.

Federal grant funding for so-called "high-performing" Charter Schools still go to schools whose state report card grades are D or F in 3 of 10 cases.

Mar 18 • Stephen Dyer

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State Law: Ohio's "Dropout Recovery" Charter Schools don't actually need to have any "dropouts". What they do need, though, is less…

What started as a David Brennan scam in the early 2000s has graduated to full-on taxpayer theft under current law.

Mar 5 • Stephen Dyer

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February 2026

Center for Christian Virtue is the new White Hat Management, just as Jesus intended

Unlike the notorious Charter School operator, though, CCV's operation is far, far less transparent.

Feb 25 • Stephen Dyer

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Vouchers' growth will be their demise

Telling the world that more people than ever are taking vouchers isn't the flex proponents think it is, legally speaking. In fact, that's its death…

Feb 18 • Stephen Dyer

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Being rich doesn't make you an education policy expert

Philip Derrow's extraordinarily ignorant proposal to split Ohio's largest school district into an unknown number of smaller ones typifies why, in…

Feb 16 • Stephen Dyer

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State Data: Ohio spent more on school privatization last year than public schools in many communities

For example, the state spent about twice as much on charters and vouchers in Columbus than they did on kids in Columbus City Schools -- Ohio's largest…

Feb 12 • Stephen Dyer

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