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Ohio Education Association Awards Steubenville Teacher

COLUMBUS — May 13, 2013 —  Each year the Ohio Education Association honors the hard work and commitment teachers have for the success of their students.   With the announcement of its 2013 prize winners, the Ohio Education Association once again celebrated …

Ohio Education Association Representative Assembly Celebrates Association’s Guiding Principles And Collective Advocacy For Public Education And Students

COLUMBUS — May 13, 2013 — The Ohio Education Association (OEA), representing 121,000 teachers, education support professionals and higher education faculty, held its Spring Representative Assembly at Veterans Memorial in Columbus. The theme of the Assembly, May 10-11, was Our …

Ohio Education Association Representative Assembly Celebrates Association’s Guiding Principles And Collective Advocacy For Public Education And Students

COLUMBUS — May 13, 2013 — The Ohio Education Association (OEA), representing 121,000 teachers, education support professionals and higher education faculty, held its Spring Representative Assembly at Veterans Memorial in Columbus. The theme of the Assembly, May 10-11, was Our …

Ohio Education Association Endorses Common Core Standards And Votes To End Testing On Outdated Standards

OEA Demands More Funding And Expanded Support For Common Core Implementation COLUMBUS — May 10, 2013 —  At its Spring Representative Assembly in Columbus, members of the Ohio Education Association, the state’s largest education employee union, voted to support careful implementation …

Educators Elect New Leaders For State’s Largest Education Employee Union

COLUMBUS — May 10, 2013 — Members of the Ohio Education Association, the state’s largest education employee union have elected Becky Higgins to a three-year term as President, and Scott DiMauro to a three-year term as Vice President. OEA represents …

OEA President Says Input To Kasich Education Budget And Reform Must Include All Education Stakeholders

COLUMBUS — January 30, 2013 — Ohio Education Association President Patricia Frost-Brooks has sent a letter to Governor John Kasich saying it is essential to open up the process of the state education budget and accompanying reform proposals to all …

Ohio Education Association Statement On Joint School Funding Testimony

COLUMBUS — December 5, 2012 — Today, testimony was given in the Ohio General Assembly on school funding by invitation only. Witnesses included the StudentsFirst organization, from Sacramento, CA.

Four Ohio Educators Receive Grants From NEA Foundation

The NEA Foundation Funds “The Leader In Me” Training Project And The Speech Pathology Project WASHINGTON, DC —  December 3, 2012 — Amanda Hall, a counselor, and her co-applicant, Emily Bice, of Oak Creek Elementary School in Lewis Center, Ohio, have …

We Are Ohio Gives Back

DONATES $10,000 TO TOYS FOR TOTS AND $10,000 TO OHIO FOODBANKS COLUMBUS – December 20, 2011 – In the spirit of the season, We Are Ohio donated $20,000 to two charities Tuesday on behalf of the voters and supporters who …

Stronger Accountability Yields Slight Improvements In Some Charter Schools

Click here to download a summary of findings. COLUMBUS — August 29, 2011 — Traditional public school districts continue to provide a vastly better education for students, according to report card data released today by the Ohio Department of Education. …

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