When public education is being discussed these days, some of the terms that seem to go along with it are over-testing, state funding, externships, privatization, DeVos, right to work, and fair share fee. It’s true these are some of the challenges that lie ahead for public education. It’s also true that a large number of our members will need to be engaged as well as active in order to successfully resolve our challenges. However, let’s not get bogged down by the current political landscape of our profession. These are not the issues that inspired us to become educators. Individuals become

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We now have our first list of this year’s NEA delegates from NEOEA. Between now and July, that list will be revised many times, but meanwhile it provides our first opportunity to communicate with our delegates. Here are some early announcements for Northeastern Ohio delegates: Carol Price’s first email to delegates went out on Saturday, April 15. If you’re a delegate, you should have received that email and another from NEOEA on Monday, April 17, substantially similar to this post. If you didn’t, contact Carol at PriceC@ohea.org regarding the OEA mailing and Bill Lavezzi at lavezzi@neoea.org regarding the NEOEA mailing. Once again,

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The 2016 election season has come and gone leaving some to mourn and others to celebrate. Regardless of which camp you are in, it’s time to ponder what the future may hold for our profession and our students. It’s time to take inventory as to what the next steps might be if we have any interest in preserving public education as we know it, which has long been considered one of the bedrocks upon which our country was founded. Remember Friedrichs v. California Teachers’ Association? Many believed the United States Supreme Court was prepared to rule against organized labor until

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