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Zmags
OhioSchools
december 2006
A PUBLICATION Of The OhIO eDUCATION ASSOCIATION
NBCT David Fawcett (Columbus)
shares his ideas at the Policy
Summit as fellow NBCT Julia
Simmerer (Brunswick) listens.
Ohio educators share
ideas for closing
achievement gaps .......... p14
OEA support leads to victory
in key election races...... p19
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COVER STORY 14 Ohio educators share
PRESIDENT’S meSSAge Seize the opportunity PeOPLe
NoTEbook Thanks to you, their future is b
OeA challenges harmful lame-duck legislation More
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OeA mourns public education advocate Tom Mooney T
ExEcuTIvE DIREcToR’S meSSAge Time for professio
ExTRa credIT Ohio applicants sought for national
OCLRe seeks creative elementary teachers for spec
The Strickland-Fisher Inaugural Committee is spon
SubjEcT mATTer School employees health Care Board
the feasibility study, and has met with the Board
enrollment was overwhelmingly highest in pr
covER STOry Ohio hosts NBCT Policy Summit How sho
photos © 2006 Brent Turner, BLT Pro
(Top left) Wil Thompson of NEA Member Benefits en
Access development is the administrator of
fEaTuRE Ohio’s new landscape OeA SUPPORT LeADS T
T he 2006 mid-term elections
(Above) After learning that he had been declared
• fifty of our 68 recommended
aSSocIaTIoN Delegates to OeA fall 2006 Representa
Governor-Elect Ted Strickland, right, visits with
OeA seeks applicants for Retirement Systems Train
Declaration of Candidacy forms NEA dELEGATE FOrm
OeA offers internship (LABOR ReLATIONS CONSULTANT
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