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State Board of Ed 2012 Results

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In the 7 races for State Board of education, 4 pro-public education candidates won.

Ann Jacobs defeat former OSU QB and Kasich appointee Stanley Jackson handily 65-35. Both Mary Rose Oakar and Stephanie Dodd also handily beat their opponents 63-37 and 60-24-15 respectively, with Michael Collins narrowly defeated his 2 opponents to be reelected.

Bryan Williams, Jeff Hardin, both incumbents defeated their pro-public education opponents. To round out the results, Sarah Fowler, a home-school graduate was also elected.

The State board of education has a lot of work to do, as the Dispatch notes

The new board has some heavy lifting to do in the coming year, starting with the hiring of a state superintendent. The post has been vacant since early August, when Stan Heffner resigned after an ethics probe.

The board also must fix state-issued report cards that have been manipulated by false data submitted by school districts, and oversee implementation of Ohio’s third-grade reading guarantee and more-rigorous curriculum standards.

Let's hope the pro public education voices are listened to. We'll be watching closely.

News for March 8th, 2011

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The Columbus Dispatch brings a report of not just teachers and support staff under attack and fighting back, but also police and firefighters too

About 4,000 police and firefighters rallied last night with the national presidents of their unions int Veterans Memorial.
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Chuck Canterbury, national Fraternal Order of Police president, said in a statement, "Ohio has gone further to negatively impact police and firefighters than any other state currently considering collective-bargaining reform."

Gongwer reports on the planned Workers' Rally:

Opponents of the bill scheduled a demonstration on the West Plaza of the Statehouse from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, as Gov. Kasich speaks inside to a joint legislative session. "Let Governor Kasich know he cannot attack the middle class and balance Ohio's budget on the back of hardworking people," said a flyer from Stand Up For Ohio

You can follow todays' State of the State speech @jointhefutureOH on Twitter.