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Columbus Metropolitan Club - 8-2-2023 - Reimagining Education in Ohio

America's primary and secondary educational systems are standing at a post-COVID crossroads, and few school systems are facing more changes than Ohio's. The state's recently-approved budget included higher funding for schools, a dramatic shakeup in school oversight that transferred authority from the State Board of Education to the Governor's Office, and a vast expansion of the availability of vouchers parents can use to take their children out of the public education system entirely. With student performance still lagging as a result of pandemic lockdowns, vouchers that will blur the line between public and private education, and school officials caught in the country's culture war crosshairs, what does the future hold for Ohio schools?

Featuring Susan Tave Zelman, Ph.D., Former Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Co-Author of "The Buying and Selling of American Education: Reimagining a System of Schools", Angela Chapman, Ed.D., Superintendent/CEO, Columbus City Schools, and Scott DiMauro, President, Ohio Education Association, with host Jackie Walker, Executive Director of SkillsUSA Ohio.

August 2, 2023