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Every OEA member is guaranteed the right to union representation during an investigatory interview conducted by his or her employer if the interview could in any way lead to discipline, including termination, or could affect the member’s personal or working conditions. In this situation, the member should request that an association representative or officer be […]

From OEA.org… Here you can find OEA’s complete list of endorsed candidate for President and Senate, as well as for the Ohio House, Ohio Senate, U.S. House, Ohio State Board of Education, and Ohio Supreme Court. View/Download the List at OEA.org

Our first lobby day on March 18th will focus on charter school reform. OEA President Becky Higgins recently testified before the House Education Committee where she urged members to make three key provisions part of any reform bill – close failing charters more expeditiously, hold charter schools to the same public disclosure law as any

Over-testing takes away from students’ time to learn and does nothing to close opportunity gaps. How do we address over-testing and take back teaching and learning? Also in this issue, information on the OAESP 2015 Statewide Conference, Governor Kasich’s Executive Budget Proposal, and Charter school reform legislation. Read the issue here…

COLUMBUS – February 18, 2015 – Ohio Education Association (OEA) President Becky Higgins today urged members of the Ohio House Education Committee to adopt provisions that would close persistently failing charter schools and to revise the way in which charter schools are funded so that local public schools are not disadvantaged. In her testimony on

COLUMBUS – February 12, 2015 – The following statement is attributed to Becky Higgins, president of the Ohio Education Association: “As Ohio gets ready to implement the new Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests, a school superintendent recently told the Senate Education Committee what has been apparent to OEA members

Fellow supporters of public education,   By now you have probably heard that the Columbus suburb of Reynoldsburg has become the front line in the fight between two very different visions for the future of education in our state. On one side, a well-connected Superintendent, hand-picked and groomed by State Superintendent Richard Ross, a deeply

By Becky Higgins, OEA President   Governor John Kasich’s State of the State address was full of lofty rhetoric, but was short on substance. On several occasions, the Governor said that more details would be forthcoming.Here are a couple of things we’d like to see the Governor address:How does he plan to adequately fund Ohio’s