A roundup of happenings at Policy Matters Ohio… New path – Gov. John Kasich last week announced proposed reforms to the state’s troubled high school equivalency exam system. After Pearson Vue, the world’s largest private for-profit educational testing corporation, took over GED testing in Ohio, the company tripled the price
In the wake of North Carolina’s notorious “bathroom bill, we’ve been hearing a lot about which bathroom transgender folks should have to use. What gets less attention are the jobs available to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, especially considering the same bill also eliminated all LGBT discrimination protections
Ohio and most other states spend less per student than they did before the recession.
New testing options needed in face of GED collapse in Ohio.
Labor Department raises salary threshold below which workers must be paid for extra hours worked.
Bill to benefit film industry includes troublesome provisions, Policy Matters tells lawmakers.
New national report outlines the tax as key tool for broad prosperity.
Report praises Ohio overtime improvements, suggests better funding and tracking.
Vast majority of low-wage workers are adults and many have families.
A roundup of happenings at Policy Matters Ohio… Saturday night live – When the Federal Reserve Bank raises interest rates, it often means hiring goes down, wages grow more slowly, and unemployment goes up. There are times when doing so still makes sense but is now one of them? Come
In this year’s State of the State, Ohio Governor John Kasich honored Margo Hudson, an adult literacy tutor from Cleveland who earned her GED on her sixth try in 2012. Margo is a lifelong learner and leader. Ohio needs many more people like her, but given the collapse of Ohio’s
Kasich had vetoed the measure in 2013, calling it preferential treatment.
