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Ohio AG says he sides with retired teachers in lawsuit to remove STRS board members they backed
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general is suing to remove two members from the board of the state teachers’ pension fund. One of them was voted… Read More
![A crowd of people stand in the Federal Hocking gym to look at this year's senior projects.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Fed-Hock-senior-projects-crowd2-e1715881828279-900x422.jpg)
Fed Hock’s senior project requirement draws criticism and praise as the district considers changes
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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STEWART, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Myles Vorisek has parked a black 1981 Yamaha motorcycle in the hallway of Federal Hocking High School. It’s not a senior prank. Vorisek, who… Read More
![Alexander High School with a bus out front.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/061521_AlexanderSchool_166-scaled-e1623796947421-900x422.jpg)
Voters reject Alexander Local School District’s levy again
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Voters rejected Alexander Local School District’s operating levy Tuesday night, raising major questions about the district’s financial future. This was the second time that… Read More
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Athens schools need more help in the classroom, but job candidates are proving hard to find
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Athens school district is trying to hire more professionals to support students with special needs, but it isn’t getting many applicants. The additional hires are… Read More
![William Neville, the executive director of the State Teachers Retirement System, is interviewed on the set of "The State of Ohio"](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-23-e1700532795527-900x422.webp)
Ohio teachers’ pension fund board suspends executive director after accusations of bad behavior
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The board of the state’s $90 billion pension fund for retired teachers has suspended its executive director after staffers accused him of violent behavior… Read More
![Teachers attend a State Teachers Retirement System meeting in September 2021, with signs showing their anger about the lack of a cost-of-living increase since 2017.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/download-1-e1660921667212-900x422.jpg)
Ohio teachers’ pension fund loses money, gives ‘performance incentives’ to investment staff
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio has voted to pay nearly $10 million in what it’s calling “performance incentives” to around 90 investment… Read More
![Angela Pike watches her fourth grade students at Lakewood Elementary School in Cecilia, Ky., as they use their laptops to participate in an emotional check-in at the start of the school day, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ap22227637596428_custom-e1fa87668f9f6cfe313a7764e0852d3ed7bf0c51-scaled-e1660754166631-900x422.jpg)
For the first time in 20 years, teachers can deduct more for school supplies
By: Ayana Archie | NPR
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WASHIGNTON, D.C. (NPR) — For the first time in 20 years, the Internal Revenue Service is increasing the deduction limit for the amount of money teachers spend on school supplies,… Read More
![A Hollywood, Calif., classroom sits empty in August 2020. At least 3,229 schools around the U.S. announced they were canceling in-person learning as of Monday evening.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gettyimages-1266183854_slide-184719b827643cc703a955692feeaa4f3cdb2249-scaled-e1641317129604-900x422.jpg)
Southeast Ohio schools navigate a nationwide shortage of teachers
By: Jack Demmler
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Athens City Schools are fully staffed on all teacher positions for the upcoming school year, but getting there was not easy. “This has been the most… Read More
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More than half of teachers are looking for the exits, a poll says
By: Anya Kamenetz | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Teachers are picking up slack for absent colleagues. They’re covering for unfilled positions. And 55% of them say they will leave teaching sooner than they had… Read More
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W. Va. Judge Denies Teachers Unions’ Bid To Halt In-person Learning
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia judge has denied an attempt by teachers unions to halt the state’s mandate to reopen more classrooms during the pandemic. Kanawha County Judge… Read More
![Kaitlyn McCollum, pictured here in 2018, was teaching high school in Tennessee when her federal TEACH Grants were turned into more than $20,000 in loans.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/kaitlyn-huckaby-mccollum-82-b7c43d3b5ad08fa16b981d002bfadee8200b358e-900x422.jpg)
More Than 6,500 Teachers Have Had Unfair Student Debts Erased
By: Cory Turner | NPR
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After an NPR investigation led to an overhaul of the troubled TEACH Grant program, the U.S. Department of Education says teachers have had nearly $44 million in loans turned back into grants.
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Ohio Teachers Call For Federal Bailout To Help Schools Reopen Safely
Ohio teachers and union leaders called on the U.S. Senate to pass a COVID-19 relief bill immediately on Monday afternoon.As the U.S. Senate debates what to include in the “HEROES”… Read More
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Many Ohio Teachers Are Apprehensive About Going Back To School
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As school districts unveil their plans for resuming school this fall, some teachers are anxious about returning to their classrooms. Hilliard City Schools teacher Sherise… Read More
![Kentucky teachers fill the capitol for a rally.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/KY-teachers-protest-1-e1567019213332-900x422.png)
Audit Reviews Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement Systems
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A report by Kentucky Auditor Mike Harmon shows the pension system for teachers is on more solid ground. Harmon says the financial statement audit of the… Read More
![Kentucky teachers fill the capitol for a rally.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/KY-teachers-protest-1-e1567019213332-900x422.png)
Motion Seeks to Remove Judge From Teacher ‘Sickout’ Lawsuit
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration has asked that a state judge be removed from a lawsuit that challenges the use of Kentucky labor law to obtain… Read More
![A row of desks in a classroom with a backpack hanging up on the back wall](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/school-desk-e1471549255189-900x422.jpg)
State’s Largest School District, Teachers OK 3-year Contract
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state’s largest school district and its teachers union have approved a three-year contract that includes pay raises and some smaller class sizes. The Board of… Read More
![Teachers from across Kentucky gather inside the state Capitol to rally for increased funding for education, Friday, April 13, 2018, in Frankfort, Ky.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AP_18103808370732-e1533238546964-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky Finds 1,000 Teachers Violated Law During ‘Sickouts’
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky’s labor secretary says more than 1,000 teachers violated state law by participating in mass rallies at the state Capitol that forced some schools to close…. Read More
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W.Va. Senate Refuses to Immediately Take up Teacher Raises
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia Senate has decided not to immediately consider a bill to raise pay for teachers, school service workers and state police. The Republican-led Senate… Read More
![The West Virginia state capitol building](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/West-Virginia-Statehouse-e1518097711392-900x422.jpg)
W.Va. House Passes Pay Raise Bill for Teachers, Others
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The West Virginia House of Delegates has approved pay raises for teachers and school service workers a day after they returned to classrooms following a two-day… Read More
![The Kentucky Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Kentucky_State_Capitol_-_DSC09141-e1519222997224-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky GOP Trying Again With Teacher Pension Bill
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Republicans in Kentucky are trying again with a bill that would make changes to the state’s troubled public pension plan for teachers. Republican Rep. Scott Lewis… Read More
![Thousands of public school teachers and their supporters protested against a pension reform bill at the Kentucky state Capitol in April. The state's Supreme Court has now struck down the law.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/gettyimages-941053734-ad5f5ec5594cad1d9ad9aa36dba4d13c180b964c-e1544725225622-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down Pension Law That Sparked Teacher Protests
By: Laurel Wamsley | NPR
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The decision is a major victory for state employees, as well as for state Attorney General Andy Beshear as he runs to unseat Gov. Matt Bevin, who championed the controversial law.