Press Releases

MANSFIELD — May 21, 2011—Ohio Education Association President Patricia Frost-Brooks offered the keynote address at the 26th annual Crystal Life Membership Banquet May 21 at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites in Mansfield. Reflecting the event’s theme, “NAACP: Upholding the …

National Experts Ohio Tax Study Released By The Education Tax Policy Institute COLUMBUS — May 13, 2011 — A new study commissioned by the Education Tax Policy Institute (ETPI) titled, Revenue Options for Ohio’s Future, reviews Ohio’s current tax structure. …

COLUMBUS — May 7, 2011 — The Ohio Education Association (OEA), representing 128,000 teachers, education support professionals and higher education faculty, today completed its two day Spring Representative Assembly at Veterans Memorial in Columbus. In his legislative report to the …

COLUMBUS — May 7, 2011 — The Ohio Education Association (OEA), representing 128,000 teachers, education support professionals and higher education faculty, today completed its two day Spring Representative Assembly at Veterans Memorial in Columbus. In his legislative report to the …

COLUMBUS — March 29, 2011 — In Columbus and throughout Ohio, OEA members and other public employees denounced the Ohio House’s amended version of Senate Bill 5 as bad legislation made even worse. In addition to approving SB 5 in …

COLUMBUS — March 15, 2011 — Deborah Delisle, Ohio’s Superintendent of Schools since Fall 2008, was forced to resign March 15, following new appointments to the Ohio State Board of Education by Governor John Kasich. To read Deborah Delisle’s letter …

COLUMBUS — March 8, 2011 — Today Governor John Kasich gave his first State of the State address. The following can be attributed to Ohio Education Association President, Patricia Frost-Brooks: “We welcome the Governor’s commentary on Ohio’s strengths – our cities, …

Legislation Would Save Nearly 5000 Education Jobs In Ohio As Students Return To Classrooms WASHINGTON — July 28, 2010 — The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Tuesday containing emergency funds to help states cope with the Great Recession and …

NEA Delegates Wrap Up Week Of Organizing On Education Policy NEW ORLEANS — July 7, 2010 — In the face of unprecedented budget cuts in public education and unrelenting criticism of public education, Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National …

COLUMBUS — May 25, 2010 — The Ohio Education Association (OEA) Fund for Children and Public Education (OEA-FCPE) recently announced its second round of recommendations for the November 2010 statewide elections. The OEA–FCPE has recommended the following: Lee Fisher for …