Education

Teacher is overwhelmed by administrative work and last-minute changes that undermine planned curriculum.

High school ELA teacher needs free, repeatable reading assessments that measure Lexile level progress, not memorization of the same test.

False positive background check matches due to same name and date of birth block qualified individuals from volunteering or teaching.

A first-year teacher struggles to manage a loud, disruptive class of 34 seventh graders, especially during the last period, and lacks strategies for handling large groups with multiple disruptive students.

A first-year kindergarten teacher is overwhelmed by the volume of curriculum materials and lacks guidance on how to prioritize and sequence content across multiple subjects.

Teachers are overwhelmed by excessive administrative duties, ineffective professional development, and poorly designed curriculum that wastes planning time, causing burnout and health issues.

Districts are passing failing students to the next grade instead of providing appropriate intervention, causing students to fall further behind and exhibit behavioral issues, while teachers are forced to make positive parent contacts even for disruptive students.

Teacher cannot renew Ohio teaching license due to lack of 3 continuing education course hours and unclear guidance on acceptable courses and process.

Media center paraprofessional is frequently pulled to cover classes instead of performing her designated role, undermining her authority and causing emotional distress.

Teachers in upper schools lack a legally empowered method to confiscate phones, leading to widespread defiance and a broken discipline system.

Teachers given no curriculum spend unpaid hours creating materials from scratch because colleagues refuse to share resources.

A first-year teacher struggling to manage disruptive student behavior and transitions, lacking effective tools to track behavior, enforce consequences, and communicate with students.

Third-grade teachers are frustrated that students are required to take computerized state tests without formal typing instruction, leading to student struggles with keyboarding, spelling, punctuation, and test navigation.

Teacher wants the ability to decline or require administrative oversight for meetings that are unproductive, confrontational, or about non-negotiable grading decisions.

A middle school science teacher has a district-mandated 120-minute daily screen time cap but all curriculum materials are only available online, with no physical textbooks or lab workbooks provided and insufficient paper to print materials for 200+ students.