not as bad as the naysayers predicted – 10th period – !!
Ohio’s remarkable Covid recovery –
more privatization efforts
more good news…ish
From our friends at Ohio E and A…
some good news for public ed
check out another article from Stephen Dyer – about how Akron schools made up 70% of the covid loss in one year – looks like we know what we are doing after all. I know there have been many links to this author – but he is and has been writing about education in Ohio for a long time- take a read, it really is a short fast read
community spirit –
Bond organizing announcement
as we mentioned at our opening day meeting – NHEA is helping support the bond issue – I hope all realize the importance of this for our students and staff – wouldn’t air-conditioned modern buildings for ALL be a great thing…
here is an announcement from the bond folks –
As many of you might know, the Nordonia Board of Education voted to put a bond issue on the ballot on November 8, 2022, for new schools. Two groups who support the schools, Positively Nordonia and Friends of Nordonia will be hosting a kickoff meeting on Tuesday, September 13, at 7:00 P.M. The meeting will take place at Nordonia High School. The purpose of the meeting is simple-we are looking for volunteers to help with certain tasks during the bond campaign. We hope you can make it to assist as this is an important bond issue for kids, staff, and the community.
the vouchers thicken…
this in from William Phillips – another Ohio Watchdog – and another from Stephen Dyer
“On August 12, the Statehouse News Bureau reported on an initiative of CCV, the goal of which is, via universal vouchers, to put a school in every church. That should sound an alarm to every citizen.CCV is one of the dominant forces behind the universal voucher bill. However, a universal voucher bill will attract a plethora of schools initiated by a great variety of sects: religious, irreligious, satanic, secular, and otherwise. Hate groups, paramilitary units, skinheads, racists, KKK, neo-Nazi groups, and flat-earth believers, etc. will find ways to form private schools to collect tax funds to advance their various ideologies.CCV should be careful for what it wishes.Meanwhile, supporters of authentic public schools should re-double efforts to fend off the privatizers.”
teacher pay gaps getting worse –
take a read of this article in Education Week
here is a quote – “The “teacher pay penalty” is getting worse. Compared to their college-educated peers in other professions…” the Census report recently said the same thing –
How you vote matters – elect those that support public education here in Ohio and beyond – and don’t fall for those mailers that are trying to get you to leave your Unions = more on the wage gap and the impact in Ohio – HERE
you can donate to the OEA fund via this site – (it will not let me link the donate page it seems because it is a secure portal – but click DONATE in the upper right – I am giving monthly and you can set up how you like!!)
REALLY important read –
public education – your livelihood is under attack – read here –
part 2 of this read and how Fordham and Charter schools are ruining public ed in Ohio – vote for candidates that will work to challenge and change the erosion of your livelihood –
and another installment –
Vouchers Dirty secret – there are not even enough seats for voucher students…