Audience: preK-12 Teacher
OEA urges Ohio Department of Education to verify ECOT’s dropout-prevention eligibility claims
In a letter sent to State Superintendent Paolo DeMaria, Ohio Education Association President Becky Higgins urged that the Ohio Department of Education “use its statutory authority to verify ECOT’s dropout-prevention eligibility claims.” Dear Superintendent DeMaria: When the sponsor …
OEA Awards and Scholarships
The upcoming January 21, 2022 deadline is quickly approaching for many OEA awards & scholarships.
There’s still too much testing
Testing has long been misused to the point where it has lost any potential usefulness in the education of our nation’s children. Questions have been raised by parents and educators not only about the amount of testing that takes place, …
September 2017 Ohio Schools
HEART OF IT ALL: Educators and students at center of work to find solutions to Ohio’s growing opioid crisis
OEA says new state report cards don’t tell the whole story
COLUMBUS – September 25, 2017 – “The new report cards showing a statewide improvement in student test scores in many but not all areas of the state are a welcome development,” said OEA President Becky Higgins, “as students adjust to …
Part II: Teaching, post-Charlottesville
By Dan Greenburg, Sylvania Education Association As I plan my lessons for the start of a new school year, I hear student voices in the back of my head, asking “Why do we have to learn this?” I use that …
Part I: Teaching, post-Charlottesville
By Julie Rine, Minerva Education Association If we haven’t already, many of us will soon be giving a lecture about the importance of being respectful to others, following the rules, and being nice. We are going to discuss how name-calling …
June 2017 Ohio Schools
OEA student members and new educators join together to “Fuel the Fire to Inspire”
OEA applauds Governor’s vetoes of cap on Medicaid expansion and charter school measures, but is disappointed by other actions
COLUMBUS – July 1, 2017 – “The legislature’s attempt to put a cap on Medicaid expansion would have had a profoundly negative impact on our students and their families,” said Becky Higgins, President of the Ohio Education Association (OEA). “We …
