When the General Assembly returns public school stakeholders want elected leaders to get to work on transparency, accountability, and funding issues linked to charters.
According to Kasich, the problem with education is that teachers, when not in class, spend their time sitting in fancy teachers lounges discussing low pay and vanishing benefits.
Matt Jablonski, an American History teacher, parent, and public education activist from Elyria, Ohio, describes going back to school under the policies of Gov. John Kasich.
This week we talk about PARCC assessments in OH, retiree health insurance in MI, a reflection on the NEA RA from MTA President Barbara Madeloni, and feature video of the National Teacher of the Year on the importance of activism.
Educators, community members argue that eliminating the rule will encourage underfunded schools to eliminate teachers and staff members in areas deemed unessential for state standardized tests.