{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Public Education Matters","title":"DeRolph, 26 years later","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1333,"description":"On March 24, 1997, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in the DeRolph v. State case that Ohio's school funding system was unconstitutional and the Ohio legislature must fix it. It has now been 26 years since that decision came down, meaning two entire 13 year education cycles of kids entering kindergarten through graduating high school have gone through Ohio's public schools without lawmakers making things right. Dan Heintz, a teacher in Chardon who serves on the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school board explains why ongoing voucher expansion schemes cannot coexist with a constitutional public school funding system in our state.\nREAD THE OP-ED | Click here to see Dan Heintz' piece in the Columbus Dispatch, \"Teacher: Today marks 26th year of lawmakers being 'willfully negligent' of Ohio kids\"\nFeatured Education Matters guest: \nDan Heintz, Chardon Education Association memberDan Heintz teaches at Chardon High School. He was elected to serve on the Cleveland Heights - University Heights Board of Education in November, 2017. Overcoming a slate of far right culture warriors, he was re-elected in 2021. In his spare time, he serves on the steering committee for the Vouchers Hurt Ohio lawsuit.   \nSUBSCRIBE | Click here to subscribe to Education Matters on Apple Podcasts or click here to subscribe on Google podcasts so you don't miss a thing. And don't forget you can listen to all of the previous episodes anytime on your favorite podcast platform, or by clicking here.\nConnect with OEA:\nEmail educationmatters@ohea.org with your feedback or ideas for future Education Matters topics\nLike OEA on Facebook\nFollow OEA on Twitter\nFollow OEA on Instagram\nGet the latest news and statements from OEA here\nLearn more about where OEA stands on the issues \nKeep up to date on the legislation affecting Ohio public schools and educators with OEA's Legislative Watch\nAbout us:\nThe Ohio Education Association represents about 120,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals who...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qLU1HXpO0BWjHZ9wsRqLDb3niD3HIo0pJs38nc-jHtg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE3NTcwLzE2OTEw/ODIxNjctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}