<br />
OhioSchools<br />
APRIL 2011<br />
A PUBLICATION Of The OhIO eDUCATION ASSOCIATION<br />
Ohio education<br />
under fire p9<br />
Kasich signs Senate Bill 5,<br />
proposes steep pension cuts<br />
and $3.1 billion less in aid<br />
to Ohio school districts<br />
Preparing a<br />
future<br />
generation p15<br />
OEA-Retired members<br />
share lifetime of education<br />
experience through<br />
Intergenerational<br />
Mentoring Program<br />
Columbus teacher Laura Fyfe Smith<br />
voices her concern about SB 5 and<br />
its effects on her students at a<br />
statehouse rally held on March 29.<br />
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<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=3"> COVER STORY 9 Ohio education under fire </a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=4"> PRESIDENT’S MESSAgE Our voice will not be silence</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=5"> NoTEbook International education report and summi</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=6"> My frequent interactions with local education ass</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=7"> ExTRA CREDIT Learning about labor LOOKIN</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=8"> Teach your students about the right to vote Teach</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=9"> MAkING ThE gRADE Celebrate schoo</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=10"> Be a hero, save a life BECOME AN ORGAN AND TISSUE</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=11"> </a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=12"> photo by Susie Lehman photo by Sus </a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=13"> ie Lehman photo by Julie Newhall ie Newh</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=14"> photo by Melodie Terman-Westerville photo by Ann </a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=15"> photo by Mega</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=16"> term funding of STRS, the plan would reduce liabi</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=17"> CovER STORy </a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=18"> In many ways, the program has opened up my eyes t</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=19"> night. OEA Board of Directors members Becky Mille</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=20"> FEATURE Columbus teacher advocates for the impor</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=21"> our pension is an issue that is very near and dea</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=22"> SUbJECT MATTER Conference Timeline Reg</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=23"> 1.2 Knowledge and Skills Training for New ARs </a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=24"> n IBB Basics—participants will learn terminology </a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=25"> advocacy capacity of their local association so t</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=26"> ASSoCIATIoN OeA Spring 2011 representative Assem</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=27"> Lillian M. Tolbert (East Cleveland) Candidate for</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=28"> Delegates to Spring 2011 RA to vote on dues asses</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=29"> OEA Board actions n Transmitted the foll</a>
<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=30"> ATTEnd ThE NeA Women’s Leadership Training spon</a>
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<a title="April 2011 Ohio Schools page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/695c3167?page=32"> ATTENTION POSTMASTER: PLEASE DELIVER NO LATER ThA</a>