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OhioSchools
OhioSchools
April 2010
A PUBLICATION Of The OhIO eDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Tough lessons in hard times:
Parma Developmental Center p14
Protecting our priorities p18
Preserving our economic security starts with support for STRS
Board candidates who will protect pension benefits
and maintain access to affordable health care for all retirees
Jené Wilson talks with
Parma Developmental
Center student
OEA Jonathan Martinez.
Ohio Education Association
www.ohea.org
Don’t forget to vote for STRS Board by May 3.
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COVER STORY 14 Tough lessons in hard
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Getting our priorities straig
NoTEbook Anticipating that Ohio will be eligible
Obama Administration’s “Blueprint for Reform” lea
Panel releases draft Common Core State Standards
ElEcTIoN 2010 Campaign 2010—a high-st
Jobs n kasich blames a business-hostile clim
ExTRa CrEDiT Great teachers make Great Public Sc
National Poetry month celebration In April, the A
MakING THE GrADE Save a life BECOME AN ORGAN AND
fEaTuRE The magic of words photos © 2010 Brent T
4. Storyteller Lynn Ford captures the att
BELMONT COuNTy STuDENTS ENjOy A rEAD-iN AT OhiO u
covER STOry Tough lessons in hard times: Parma
Jené Wilson talks with Parma Developmental Center
OeA Lobbyist Melissa Clark lays some of t
anybody who wasn’t making it in the public school
fEaTuRE Protecting our priorities PReSeRVING OUR
The severe economic down- turn hit all pens
SubjEcT MATTEr Conference Timeline R
PROGRAM SeLeCTION: n Participants may select firs
2.2 Traditional Positional Collective Bargaining
5.2 Higher Education Issues (Limit 10)
2010 OEA SUMMEr lEADErSHip CONFErENCE: Members Ma
aSSocIaTIoN OEA Spring 2010 representative Assem
Mary Binegar (Urbana) Candidate for NEA Director
Gretchen Y. Washington (Sycamore) Candidate for N
Sixteenth Annual OEA Awards Banquet fRIDAy, MAy 7
IT’S ELEMENTARY. SAVE UP TO25% AND CHOOSE
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