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OhioSchools
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2009
A PUBLICATION Of The OhIO eDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Federal recovery
funds for Ohio’s
public schools
Collective bargaining
in a time of economic crisis
Education reform and
a new funding system
Educators urge Senate
to fund initiative for
ailing economy p8
Why Collective Bargaining
matters now p14
Strickland proposes
historic transformation
of public education p18
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