from ABJ  -  After signing one of the strictest voter ID laws in the country, Gov. Mike De-Wine said the issue of election integrity in Ohio is settled. Some of his fellow Republicans in the Legislature appear to disagree. A bill introduced earlier this month would further tighten the state’s voter ID rules, allow the hand-counting of ballots in certain cases and require voting machines and electronic pollbooks to meet strict cybersecurity rules.

“Everything that anybody has ever said about private charter schools and voucher schools helping disadvantaged students, raising test scores, integrating society … is wrong,” says Thomas Poetter, professor of educational leadership at Miami University, Ohio.  He  was talking about Ohio's EDChoice to an audience at a recent LWV event.

Did you miss the webinar on Ohio's Voucher Explosion presented by LWV Ohio?  Well, you can watch it here.    Let's support our public schools and the important work that they do. They are essential to our democracy! We hope you will share this material with others both in groups and individually. In Ohio, privatizing education takes three forms: vouchers, charter schools, and tax credits.