I wanted to give you all a heads up on a couple of things that came across my path lately during a conference I was at last week – check out Honesty for Ohio Education – they are a pro-public education advocacy group – sign up for their newsletter and be involved – (also see some of the docs attached here) – Be aware of the bills working their way through the state house as I speak – look at the subtle and not so subtle ways the “state” is changing standards – especially be on the lookout for the “American birthright” standards working their way into our social studies standards…and we are all aware of the ways some of our students are being proactively marginalized. If you have an doubt about how ALL of this is a coordinated effort to attack public education going all they way back to standardized testing take a listen to the podcast from OEA and an interview with OEA President Scott DiMauro…I think it is the last one for this season. SEASON 3 EP 40
If you are looking at a short and sweet way to stay informed about happenings here in Ohio – both in the news and in education – check out these two local podcasts – OEA has been doing one, and yes, I did not know about this until the other day – shame on me I guess – its called Education Matters and is put out by OEA – you can find it in your podcast app!!
I also found one about happenings here in Ohio…I think it is put out by Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com – it is called Today in Ohio – (I think this is a collab between these 2 news organizations, but don’t fact check me on that – 🙂 )
So, find – like – follow – stay informed!!Â
