Public Education Matters
Hosted by Katie Olmsted · Ohio Education Association
5.0from 22 ratings
- 199
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 22
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Public Education Matters
Ohio's public schools serve 1.6 million children - 90 percent of students in the state! What happens in the classroom has impacts far beyond the walls of the K-12 school building or higher ed lecture hall. So, on behalf of the 115,000 members of the Ohio Education Association, we're taking a deeper dive into some of the many education issues facing our students, educators, and communities. Originally launched in 2021 as Education Matters, Public Education Matters is your source for insightful conversations with the people who shape the education landscape in Ohio. Have a topic you'd like to hear about on Public Education Matters? Email us at educationmatters@ohea.org
- Publisher
- Ohio Education Association
- Category
- education · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Jan 2021
- Latest episode
- 22 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 199 episodes have a transcript.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Celebrating The Un-Famous People Of History
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Calling Balls and Strikes: Ohio Supreme Court Candidate Marilyn Zayas on Education, Opportunity, and Justice
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Candidate Conversation: Rep. Greg Landsman's commitment to Ohio's public school students, starting in their earliest years
Inside a recent episode
Celebrating The Un-Famous People Of History
Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah, we're doing TuffPo this year. And and they would look up someone like, for example, Ruth Wakefield. You probably don't know Ruth Wakefield, but we would celebrate Ruth Wakefield and we would talk about her and we would put her on the board and we would there. We dressed in certain colors and themes and different things like that. And Ruth Wakefield invented the chocolate chip cookie. Oh, my hero then. Where would we be today without the chocolate chip cookie? But all of these inventions that they found either happened by accident or they they happened due to necessity, like the old Ben Franklin quote. […]
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- Ben Purdy
- Marilyn Zayas
- Greg Landsman
- Kelly DiCato
- Jay Edwards
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 21 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 1 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 82
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Katie Olmsted host the show. Published by Ohio Education Association.
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