Press Releases

COLUMBUS — May 12, 2014 — Nearly a thousand education leaders from schools throughout the state who gathered Friday and Saturday at the Ohio Education Association’s Spring Representative Assembly voted unanimously to support proposed legislation that would hit the pause …

COLUMBUS—March 27, 2014—Noah Clifton, a fourth-grade student at Waverly Intermediate Elementary School, is the 2014 winner of the Ohio Education Association (OEA) Black History Month essay contest that asked students “What Freedom Means to me as we honor Black History …

NEA, Delta Dental Of Ohio Celebrate Read Across America By Asking Students To Grab Their Hats And Read With The Cat WASHINGTON — February 20, 2014 — The Cat in the Hat is back in Ohio, and he’s revving up …

COLUMBUS — February 3, 2014 — The Ohio Education Association (OEA) Fund for Children and Public Education (OEA-FCPE) announced its second round of endorsements for the November 2014 statewide elections. The OEA–FCPE has endorsed the following: Connie Pillich  for Ohio …

COLUMBUS — January 2, 2013 — “The Ohio Education Association welcomes Attorney General Mike DeWine’s work to make sure safety plans are up to date and on file for all Ohio schools, and we agree school safety must be a …

COLUMBUS — December 10, 2013 — Delegates at the Ohio Education Association Fall Representative Assembly voted overwhelmingly this past weekend to adopt a new legislative policy stating that teachers and other school employees should not be asked to serve a …

COLUMBUS — December 7, 2013 — Delegates at the Ohio Education Association Fall Representative Assembly reflected the widespread concern among educators that the state is relying too much on standardized testing in evaluating student and teacher performances when they overwhelmingly …

OLUMBUS — December 7, 2013 — Delegates at the Ohio Education Association Fall Representative Assembly reflected the widespread concern among educators that the state is relying too much on standardized testing in evaluating student and teacher performances when they overwhelmingly …

COLUMBUS — November 4, 2013 — The Ohio Education Association (OEA) Fund for Children and Public Education (FCPE) State Council announced its unanimous endorsement of Ed FitzGerald for Governor.  The vote was taken at an FCPE convention on Saturday in …

COLUMBUS — June 17, 2013 — Responding to a series of newspaper, web and radio stories on value-added scores of individual Ohio teachers, Patricia Frost-Brooks, President of the Ohio Education Association criticized the fairness of the stories and the wisdom …