ACTION ALERT – Urge your State Representative to Oppose SB 83
ACTION ALERT – Ask Your State Senator to Support HCR 6: Urging Congress to Repeal GPO and WEP
ACTION ALERT – Take Action to stop Teacher License Fee Increase
Email your legislator to either urge their continued support of or to co-sponsor the Social Security Fairness act to fully repeal both GPO and WEP.
OEA Recommends Sandy Smith Fischer for STRS Board
RESOURCES
2023-2024 OEA Wellness Grants – contact your LRC for details
Resources from NEA
• Student and Educator Mental Health
• Responding to Gun Violence
• Context for Teaching Students with Autism
Read Across America
Ohio Schools Magazine digital editions
PRESS RELEASES
LEGISLATIVE WATCH RELEASES
- April 11, 2024 – U.S. House Committee Schedules Hearing on GPO/WEP; Ohio Senate Joins House Urging Repeal
- April 4, 2024 – OEA Recommends Sandy Smith Fischer for STRS Board; OEA Continues to Advocate for Member Retirement Security
- March 14, 2024 – Reminder: 2024 Primary Election is Next Week; OEA Testifies on Fully Funding the State Board of Education; OEA Testifies on GPO-WEP Repeal Resolution
- February 20, 2024 – REMINDER: Voter Registration Deadline and Early Voting Dates for March 19, 2024, Primary Election; OEA Issues First Round of Candidate Recommendations for the 2024 Election; Call to Action: Urge your Legislators to Fully Fund the State Board, don’t increase educator licensure fees; Voucher Accountability Bill Introduced; Anti-Lunch Shaming Bill Introduced in Ohio House; New Bill will Accomplish OEA Goal of $50k State Minimum Starting Teacher Salary
- February 6, 2024 – Contact Your Member of Congress About the Need to Repeal GPO/WEP; Ohio General Assembly Overrides Governor’s Veto of HB (House Bill) 68
- Legislative Watch archive
- Legislative Scorecard – An interactive Legislative scorecard for each member of the Ohio General Assembly
EVENTS
- April 23 – Zoom with Freedom Fighter and Civil Rights Activist Charles Black
- April 25 – OEA-R Spring Conference
- April 26 – OASNP Annual Conference
- May 4 – Columbus Fury’s Teacher Appreciation Night
- May 8 – OEA-Retired Lobby Day 2024
- May 17 & 18 – 2024 OEA Minority Leadership Training Program
- June 1 – A Summer Celebration of Diverse Readers
- June 20-22 – 2024 OEA Summer Leadership Academy
PUBLIC EDUCATION MATTERS PODCAST
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Transistor RSS feed | Apple podcasts | Listen on YouTube | Spotify | Amazon music
Season 4
- Season 4, Episode 1 – Speaking in a united voice because Public Education Matters. Plus, the OEA app.
- Season 4, Episode 2 – Kids Voting Ohio. Plus, Running for Westerville City Council
- Season 4, Episode 3 – On Our Sleeves. Plus, celebrating Public Education Matters Day
- Season 4, Episode 4 – Educators belong on local school boards. Plus, OEA’s Legislative Scorecard
- Season 4, Episode 5 – Supporting student stewards of our democracy. Plus, OEA’s Affiliate Grant Programs
- Season 4, Episode 6 – Meeting the needs of growing numbers of English Learners. Plus, OEA Nights with the Cavs and Blue Jackets.
- Season 4, Episode 7 – The 2024 OTOY’s journey from the newsroom to the classroom. Plus, OEA member deals on grad credit hours.
- Season 4, Episode 8 – Practical guidance for building positive family engagement. Plus, bringing OEA’s Aspiring Educators together.
- Season 4, Episode 9 – Creating welcoming P.E. classes for every student – no exceptions. Plus, new resources for OEA members to hold legislators accountable.
- Season4, Episode 10 – Rolling out Ohio’s dyslexia policies. Plus, OEA’s Educational Foundation grants.
- Season4, Episode 11 – Elevating Education Support Professionals’ voices. Plus, OEA’s Ohio Schools magazine goes digital.
- Season 4, Episode 12 – See Educators Run. Plus, OEA’s continued fight against SB 83
- Season 4, Episode 13 – NPE report gives Ohio failing grade on state’s support for public education. Plus, OEA members talk banned books.
- Season 4, Episode 14 – Educators serving as DNC delegates. Plus, fun opportunities to support the OEA Fund.
- Season 4, Episode 15 – 5 things you didn’t know about OASNP. Plus, MCTA’s PD Day success.
- Season 4, Episode 16 – When THAT Student Becomes the Teacher: A neurodiverse educator’s perspective. Plus, advocating for Developmentally Appropriate Practice in early childhood education
- Season 4, Episode 17 – Storytelling as an Organizational Tool. Plus Sandy Smith Fischer for STRS
Season 3
- Season 3, Episode 1 – Celebrating Our Wins
- Season 3, Episode 2 – Ohio Parents Trust Teachers
- Season 3, Episode 3 – The Hard Choice to Walk Away
- Season 3, Episode 4 – Choosing the OEA Member-Recommended Candidates
- Season 3, Episode 5 – “The Kindness Machine”
- Season 3, Episode 6 – Educators on the Ballot
- Season 3, Episode 7 – State Supreme Court Candidate Spotlight
- Season 3, Episode 8 – Supporting Diverse Educators
- Season 3, Episode 9 – The Case Against Mandatory Retention Under the 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee
- Season 3, Episode 10 – A Legacy of Education: The Jessens
- Season 3, Episode 11 – A Legacy of Education: Sandra Dowdy & Calista Altenburger
- Season 3, Episode 12 – Ohio Teacher of the Year Melissa Kmetz
- Season 3, Episode 13 – What’s next for the NEXUS pipeline school funding?
- Season 3, Episode 14 – Standing Together for Education
- Season 3, Episode 15 – A Legacy of Education: Jillian Majzan & Stephanie Hall
- Season 3, Episode 16 – Remembering OEA Awards & Scholarship namesakes
- Season 3, Episode 17 – Working to Repeal GPO/WEP
- Season 3, Episode 18 – Bringing Special Needs Professionals Together
- Season 3, Episode 19 – The ABC’s of CEA’s Larry Carey
- Season 3, Episode 20 – The Columbia Giving Tree
- Season 3, Episode 21 – ‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’
- Season 3, Episode 22 – Beyond the Headlines: Cleveland’s Promise
- Season 3, Episode 23 – The Ohio Children’s Budget Coalition’s Vision of Child Wellbeing
- Season 3, Episode 24 – Supporting HBCUs and future educators of color
- Season 3, Episode 25 – Hunger-Free Schools Ohio: Expand meal access for all now
- Season 3, Episode 26 – Arthur Lard for STRS
- Season 3, Episode 27 – Brothers RISE
- Season 3, Episode 28 – #columbusstudentsdeserve: Six months after the CEA strike
- Season 3, Episode 29 – DeRolph, 26 years later
- Season 3, Episode 30 – From the classroom to the Mansfield mayor’s office?
- Season 3, Episode 31 – Senate Bill 83: Bad for students, bad for higher education, bad for Ohio
- Season 3, Episode 32 – Echoes and Reflections: Improving Holocaust education in Ohio
- Season 3, Episode 33 – Ohio’s schools by the numbers: Policy Matters research examines funding, discipline, absenteeism, and more
- Season 3, Episode 34 – Natasha Hurt-Hayes, Education Champion
- Season 3, Episode 35 – Preparing for a Summer Celebration of Diverse Readers
- Season 3, Episode 36 – Vote NO in August
- Season 3, Episode 37 – A Legacy of Education: The Johnsons
- Season 3, Episode 38 – Retiree answers the call to return to the classroom
- Season 3, Episode 39 – Council on American-Islamic Relations offers new Educator Resource page
- Season 3, Episode 40 – Public Education Matters because…
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