Ohio Education Association

A nationwide teacher shortage is being felt across central Ohio, with substitute teachers also in short supply.

Teachers and their advocates suggest several reasons for the shortage, and a new study from a progressive group backs up at least one of them.

LGTBQ advocates and teachers' unions are rallying against the legislation which they call harmful to students and educators.

The deputy superintendent at the Ohio Department of Education who was expected to take over the reins on an interim basis when current Superintendent Paolo DeMaria retires in late September has resigned. That leaves educators watching carefully to see what happens.

Groups representing Ohio school districts, teachers and education officials are pleased the final state budget includes what’s been called the Fair School Funding plan, an overhaul of the formula by which Ohio calculates state aid to schools.

A plan crafted by a group of legislators and school finance experts addressed inequities that plague the current funding formula. But the state House and Senate disagree on the approach.

A battle is coming over the school funding formula overhaul introduced in the Senate’s version of the budget yesterday – which blows up the one proposed in the House that school groups and education advocates supported.

North Union Local School District informed parents that masks are no longer mandatory on-site, effective immediately.

A coalition of progressive groups is coming together to support a bipartisan school funding plan that’s been put into the budget after languishing in the state legislature.

Nearly all Ohio schools are returning to in-person or hybrid learning after pledging to do so to get vaccines for employees. At least one Central Ohio…