Posted May 15, 2021 in eNews
295,000: Although Gov. DeWine announced Ohio will soon stop accepting the federal government’s $300-per-month supplemental unemployment benefit, the state has 295,000 fewer jobs than before the pandemic started. The $300 supplement has been a lifeline for Ohioans, putting money in their pockets and supporting businesses even as many temporarily closed down or slowed operations. As Hannah Halbert explained, the best way for employers to attract new workers is to pay a good wage and offer decent benefits. Michael Shields made similar points on WCPN’s the Sound of Ideas, where he was joined by other workers and worker advocates, including Rosa, from the Northeast Ohio Worker Center.
Some states and school systems question the need to stay home, arguing that few students get sick and that the missed days in the classroom take a toll.
Some schools skip student quarantines as guidelines loosen
Donna St. George, The Washington Post
May 2, 2021
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1of2Eli Pytlinski is a student at Adena Elementary School in West Chester, Ohio.Photo for The Washington Post by Amy PowellShow MoreShow Less
2of2Lakota Local Schools Superintendent Matt Miller stands outside Adena Elementary School in West Chester, Ohio, on Friday, April 30, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Amy PowellShow MoreShow Less
In the northern suburbs of Cincinnati, Superintendent Matt Miller kept school doors open. But the coronavirus kept pushing students out. In the fall semester, he counted 5,172 student quarantines.
It meant a constant jostling of teaching and learning.
Posted April 30, 2021 in eNews
82%: Share of Ohio school districts whose funding was either capped or maintained by a minimum of guaranteed state dollars, between 2017 and 2019. Either way, these districts received state funding that was different from what the state’s formula determined they should get. In other words, not only is Ohio’s school funding formula built on racist policies,
and unconstitutional,
and used as a wedge to divide Ohioans by race & place It’s
also so badly broken that most districts in the state can’t actually rely on it to predict their budgets. That’s just one of the findings in Wendy Patton’s latest report on the long-running (24 years and counting) K-12 funding fiasco in Ohio. Fortunately, Wendy also highlights a fix that could be in the works: The Fair School Funding Plan (FSFP).