With Gov. Mike DeWine spending the day before a holiday poring over a 1,200-page document debating line-item vetoes, he had a lot of input from advocacy groups as to the final education budget.
Joy Palmer remembers how her daughter Dey’Leana used to memorize books when she was in elementary school in an attempt to hide the fact that she couldn’t read.
Union officials representing thousands of Ohio teachers say policy pressures are at the top of teacher concerns, and the lack of resources piled on to lawmaker threats to regulate curricula create an environment many are eager to escape.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine nodded along and smiled as the second grade students in Bernadette Monroe’s Southwood Elementary School classroom sounded out words like whistle, sketch and chuckle by emphasizing each letter Thursday morning.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine wants to make sure children learn how to read correctly and in a way that’s backed by the science of reading — which is a portion of his proposed budget.
