#ColumbusStudentsDeserve: Six months after the CEA strike

<p><em>On August 22, 2022, more than 4,000 Columbus teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors, psychologists and other education professionals went out on strike to win the safe, fully resourced, properly maintained schools every Columbus student deserves. The Columbus Education Association's three-day strike resulted in a contract agreement that included monumental wins for Columbus students, educators, and the community, but that contract was just the beginning. CEA members Regina Fuentes and Annelise Taggart reflect on what has happened in the six months since the strike and the work that is still ahead. </em></p><p><strong>SUBSCRIBE | </strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/education-matters/id1549004446?itsct=podcast_box&amp;itscg=30200">Click here</a> to subscribe to <em>Education Matters</em> on Apple Podcasts or <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2VkdWNhdGlvbi1tYXR0ZXJz">click here </a>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 <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/education-matters">clicking here.</a></p><p><strong><br>Featured Education Matters guests: </strong></p><ul> <li>Regina Fuentes, Columbus Education Association member<ul><li>Regina R. Fuentes is a 24 year veteran English teacher at Eastmoor Academy High School. She has worked for Columbus City Schools her entire teaching career. Regina is also an alumni of CCS, Northland graduating Class of 1994. For the last six years she has also served in the position of Spokesperson for the Columbus Education Association and was an important voice in the 2022 teacher strike. </li></ul> </li> <li>Annelise Taggart, Columbus Education Association member<ul><li>Annelise Taggart is in her 7th year teaching Elementary Art in Columbus City Schools. She has taught under at least six different principals, at five different buildings, from four different classrooms, two diff