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COLUMBUS – March 10, 2015 – Ohio Education Association (OEA) President Becky Higgins today urged members of the Ohio Senate Education Committee to reduce the amount of time being spent preparing for and taking tests, and to extend to 3 …
Franklinton Preparatory Academy Teachers Join State’s Largest Educators Union In Historic Vote COLUMBUS – March 5, 2015 – Teachers at Franklinton Preparatory Academy, a Columbus charter school, voted today to form a union in an election overseen by the National …
COLUMBUS – February 18, 2015 – Ohio Education Association (OEA) President Becky Higgins today urged members of the Ohio House Education Committee to adopt provisions that would close persistently failing charter schools and to revise the way in which charter …
COLUMBUS – February 12, 2015 – The following statement is attributed to Becky Higgins, president of the Ohio Education Association: “As Ohio gets ready to implement the new Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests, a …
COLUMBUS – February 11, 2015 – The following statement is attributed to Becky Higgins, president of the Ohio Education Association: “Any effort to increase funding to Ohio’s schools is a welcome development. However, like many lawmakers, we have questions about …
COLUMBUS – January 22, 2015 – Educators and staff at the Franklinton Preparatory Academy (FPA) today informed management of their collective and historic decision to form their own union. The Franklinton Preparatory Academy Educators Association (FPAEA) would be the first …
COLUMBUS – January 15, 2015 – The following statement is attributed to Becky Higgins, president of the Ohio Education Association: “The OEA welcomes the recommendations made today by Dr. Ross, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, on how student testing can …
COLUMBUS – December 16, 2014 – Local taxpayers are being forced to subsidize charter schools, many of them with poor academic records, according to a new study by the Ohio Charter School Accountability Project. Education Policy experts and school superintendents …
COLUMBUS – December 10, 2014 – The following statement is attributed to Becky Higgins, president of the Ohio Education Association: “The OEA is disappointed that the State Board of Education removed ratios from Rule 5 of the Operating Standards that …
COLUMBUS – November 17, 2014 – The following statement is attributed to Becky Higgins, president of the Ohio Education Association: We invite people across the state to join the Ohio Education Association and millions of Americans nationwide this week in …
