Teachers

Ramaswamy said he wants to increase teacher pay, but only if teacher's are moved to a merit based pay raise system rather than the system that is currently in place due to collective bargaining agreements.

The Ohio Senate has passed its version of the budget and teachers widely opposed major parts of it, just as they did with the House version and the initial budget from Gov. Mike DeWine.

Prospective teachers used to be required to obtain a license in their subject area, but that's not the case anymore.

Seven members sitting on the Office of Budget and Management’s Controlling Board voted to transfer the money from the controlling board’s emergency purposes fund.

Ohio lawmakers recently passed provisions that the teachers' union says will cause the fee for licenses to increase by up to 75%.

The eyes of Wall Street and the half-million members of the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio are on the state as the drama unfolds. A special meeting has been called for Thursday of a board nearly paralyzed by infighting whose executive director is on long-term leave over misconduct allegations he denies.

Ohio’s Republican attorney general is suing to remove two members from the board of the state teachers’ pension fund, saying he's on the side of retired teachers.

Columbus City School teachers have seven professional development days and three records days between students' first and last days of school.

The board of Ohio's $90 billion pension fund for retired teachers has suspended its executive director after staffers accused him of violent behavior and sexual harassment.

Teachers and their advocates suggest several reasons for the shortage, and a new study from a progressive group backs up at least one of them.