Education in the Age of COVID-19

<p><strong>Featured guest: </strong></p><ul><li>Scott DiMauro, Ohio Education Association President<ul> <li>A high school social studies teacher from Worthington, Scott DiMauro was elected President of the OEA in 2019 after having served as vice president for six years. Over his 30-year career as an educator, Scott has worked to provide students the critical thinking and decision-making skills they need to be successful citizens in our democratic society. He has likewise advocated for students, educators and strong public schools at all levels of his union. </li> <li>Connect with Scott on <a href="https://twitter.com/GovTeacherScott">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/scott.dimauro">Facebook</a> </li> </ul> </li></ul><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p>"Everybody who has chosen to make education a career did it because they care about the success of students, and people are coming up with all kinds of ways to try to keep students engaged under really challenging circumstances."<ul> <li>1:10 - Reflecting on the lessons learned through 11 months of educating students amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic </li> <li>3:55 - The education inequities exposed and exacerbated by the pandemic</li> <li>5:00 - OEA's Putting Education First policy: Rest, Restart, Reprioritize, Resource (<a href="https://www.ohea.org/press-releases/2020/oea-urges-schools-state-to-put-education-first/">Find the full details here</a>)</li> <li>9:00 - Prioritizing teachers and school employees for the COVID-19 vaccine in Ohio</li> <li>10:05 - The continued importance of masks, social distancing, and sanitizing procedures in schools. The vaccine is not a panacea. </li> <li>11:35 - Ohio's newly relaxed guidelines for when students must quarantine</li> <li>15:15 - Tackling Ohio's unconstitutional school funding formula<ul><li> <a href="https://www.ohea.org/press-releases/2020/oea-urges-senate-to-pass-sb376/">Here's what OEA had to say</a> when the Fair School Funding Plan passed the Ohio House of Representatives