Posted on 11/18/16 by Michael Shields in Education & Training
Cleveland expands its program and Cincinnati and Dayton approve preschool for all Communities across Ohio are recognizing the vital need for preschool as an early learning foundation and coming up with innovative solutions to deliver quality programs to families. This election day, Cincinnati and Dayton approved measures that will dramatically expand access, and Cleveland extended a 2012 levy that will add slots to existing programs. While some states offer free preschool to all, Ohio has yet to implement a statewide program. Some public schools have free preschool programs, but for many Ohio families, center-based programs remain out of reach. The median cost... read more
Posted on 11/17/16 by Hannah Halbert in Basic Needs + Unemployment Compensation
Policy Matters Ohio joins workers in testimony to the Joint Committee on Unemployment Compensation Reform. I’m a coal miner’s daughter. In the boom years, we were lucky enough to take a summer vacation. We’d drive to... read more
Posted on 10/27/16 in Basic Needs + Unemployment Compensation
When jobs are widely available, almost everyone goes to work. Many people who lose their jobs, unfortunately, aren’t eligible for unemployment benefits at all. Most of those who are eligible for unemployment nonetheless return to work well... read more
Posted on 10/24/16 by Wendy Patton in Basic Needs + Unemployment Compensation
Food aid kept 741,000 Ohio children from being hungry in 2014 – more than a quarter of our babies and toddlers, nearly a third of our elementary school kids and about a fifth of our... read more
Posted on 10/18/16 in Education & Training
Talk to an educator or policymaker about elementary and secondary education in the United States and before long you’ll hear it referred to as “K-12.” The United States is not alone in maintaining a public... read more
Posted on 10/06/16 by Victoria Jackson in Education & Training
Art often grapples with issues affecting society, so it is no surprise that the theme of student debt is now making its way into music and other art. References to college financing in art help show... read more
Posted on 10/05/16 by Wendy Patton in Democracy & Government
Senate Bill 329, which would give legislative committees the power to eliminate whole agencies in the executive branch, streaked through the Senate in two days. It is a blitzkrieg attack on public services. It would... read more
Posted on 09/30/16 by Amy Hanauer
Policy Matters’ Amy Hanauer pays tribute to social justice champion Alvin Schorr. [image:1] Photo courtesy of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. I recently had a chance to remember one of our founding... read more
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