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PRESS RELEASES
LEGISLATIVE WATCH RELEASES
- December 19, 2024 – Biden Signs Repeal of GPO-WEP into Law
- December 19, 2024 – Final Lame Duck Edition: The 135th General Assembly Adjourns; GPO-WEP Repeal Clears Key Hurdle towards Final Passage; “Forced Outing” Bill which Includes Release Time for Religious Instruction Policy Requirement Passes; “Proper” Interactions with Peace Officer Curriculum Repealed; Bill Dealing with Student Discipline Clears the Ohio General Assembly
- December 13, 2024 – Lame Duck Edition #4: SB 295: Senate May Pass Mandate to Close School Buildings Based on Test Scores; HB 432: Career-Technical Educator Licenses; SB 293 & HB 8: Religious Release Time Mandate Amended Into ‘Forced Outing’ Bill
- December 9, 2024 – Lame Duck Edition #3: Amendments Making Changes to Student Privacy Bill (Senate Bill 29) Clear Both Chambers; Ohio Senate Committee to Take Up School Closure Bill; Holds Hearing Controversial “Parents’ Bill of Rights” Legislation; Bill Dealing with Student Discipline Clears the Ohio House; Voucher Accountability Legislation Gutted in Committee; Senate Passes Bill Allowing Reemployed Retirees to Run for STRS Board
- November 22, 2024 – Lame Duck Edition #2: Legislative Caucuses Select Leadership Teams for the 136th General Assembly; Keep Up the Work to Pass the Social Security Fairness Act this Congress; OEA Supported Bills Receive Sponsor Testimony; View Committee Hearings in Ohio Channel Archive
- November 15, 2024 – Lame Duck Edition #1: Important Victory! U.S. House Passes GPO-WEP Repeal; Honesty Partners Host Webinar on Intellectual Freedom and Ohio Libraries; Bill to Increases Teacher Minimum Salary to $50,000 Receives First Hearing; Trans-Bathroom Bill Restrictions Go to Governor for Signature; School Bus Safety Bill Receives Amendments in House Transportation Committee; Career-Technical Licensure Bill Receives Hearings in Senate Committee; Religious Release Time Bills Get Committee Hearings
- Legislative Watch Archive
- Legislative Scorecard – An interactive Legislative scorecard for each member of the Ohio General Assembly
- February 2 – Cleveland CAVs vs Dallas Mavericks
- February 18 – OEA New President Power Hour: Best practices in communicating with your members and the community
- February 19 – OEA-AE Power Hour
- February 21 – Cleveland CAVs vs New York Knicks
- February 20-22 – 2025 Advocacy and Organizing Institute (AOI)
- February 26 – Wellness Wednesday: Virtual Paint and Sip
- February 26 – Fires, Floods, and Hurricanes… Oh My!
- March 2 – Cleveland CAVs vs Portland Trail Blazers
- March 7-9 – NEA Leadership Summit
- March 18 – OEA New President Power Hour: Your voice in the OEA Democratic Structure and resources available to you and your members
- April 4-5 – OEA-Aspiring Educator Spring Leadership Conference
- April 15 – OEA New President Power Hour: “What If” Sharing problem-solving strategies
- May 28 – Wellness Wednesday: End of Year Let It Go Party!!
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Season 5
- Season 5, Episode 1 – New school year brings new trends, challenges, and opportunities
- Season 5, Episode 2 – For Sen. Sherrod Brown’s family, supporting public education is a shared mission
- Season 5, Episode 3 – Rhonda Johnson for State Board of Education
- Season 5, Episode 4 – The top NEA Member Benefits deals you can’t afford to miss
- Season 5, Episode 5 – OEA Members: Send Rep. Joe Miller (D-District 53) back to the Statehouse!
- Season 5, Episode 6 – Rep. Justin Pizzulli (R-District 90): ‘I want to be a voice for the voiceless’
- Season 5, Episode 7 – State Bd. of Ed. candidate Chris Orban’s work to transform how math, computer science are taught in Ohio
- Season 5, Episode 8 – Three big things every Local should include in their next contract (Plus, one big reason to visit ohea.org)
- Season 5, Episode 9 – Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-14): ‘Educators, know your power!’
- Season 5, Episode 10 – Military veterans, are you getting the credit you’re owed for your years of service?
- Season 5, Episode 11 – Meet OEA’s new Secretary-Treasurer
- Season 5, Episode 12 – How the Kent State AE chapter co-president’s past is shaping her future as an educator
- Season 5, Episode 13 – How the 2025 Ohio Teacher of the Year rediscovered her passion for teaching
- Season 5, Episode 14 – Stop SB 295 – Why Ohio lawmakers must not repeat the failed policies of the past and what they need to do instead
- Season 5, Episode 15 – AI and Digital Tools in the Classroom
- Season 5, Episode 16 – Celebrating 40 years of legally protected collective bargaining in Ohio
- Season 5, Episode 17 – The growing demand for Career Tech Education in Ohio
- Season 5, Episode 18 – Aspiring Educator Kyndal Mickel aspires to serve neurodivergent learners like herself
- Season 5, Episode 19 – OEA-R member Marti Franks on the past and future of union activism
- Season 5, Episode 20 – Bipartisan panel of Ohio lawmakers talks big education issues for new General Assembly
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.
- Season 4, Episode 10 – Rolling out Ohio’s dyslexia policies. Plus, OEA’s Educational Foundation grants.
- Season 4, 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 4, Episode 18 – Erase the Space. Plus, meet OEA’s NEA fellow.
- Season 4, Episode 19 – Vouchers hurt educators’ pensions. Plus, OEA support of the One Fair Wage campaign
- Season 4, Episode 20 – Amplifying immigrant students’ voices. Plus, OEA celebrates diverse readers in East Cleveland.
- Season 4, Episode 21 – Citizens Not Politicians aims to end gerrymandering in Ohio. Plus, OEA members’ power to shape our state’s future.
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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