the Ohio Legislative Services Commision (LSC) has produced their first comparative analysis document of the Governor's budget proposal. Here is the relevant edcuation sections.
HB59 (budget bill) Initial Analysis
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produced
SB5 Social media by the numbers
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As we close out the SB5/Issue 2 campaign we thought we would take a look at the final social media numbers
| We Are Ohio | BetterOhio | |
| Twitter Followers | 1,722 | 1,332 |
| Facebook Followers | 97,717 | 4,569 |
| Youtube Views | 2,472,242 | 84,087 |
The winner by a long way is the We Are Ohio social media team. They produced enough Youtube video views to account for over 1 in 2 likely voters today. Social media was a failed afterthought for the BetterOhio team, who, it turned out weren't better at all.
ESEA Flexibility- more details from the Dept of Ed.
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The US Department of Education has produced a page with further information about their ESEA Flexibility plan. The page itself is here. Below is a copy of the main document detailing the different aspects of the NCLB waivers
FAQ: Evaluations, merit pay and seniority
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The Ohio Department of education has produced a Frequently Asked Questions document about HB153 and Evaluations, Performance-based Compensation, and Seniority. Here it is
FAQ for HB153 Evaluations Performance Based Compensation and Seniority