The Hard Choice to Walk Away

<p><strong>The Hard Choice to Walk Away</strong> - <em>Season 3, Episode 3</em></p><em>Independence Middle School teacher Jill Wagner was making plans for the new school year when Gov. DeWine signed House Bill 99, gutting the training requirements for school staff to carry guns, and Wagner knew she'd had enough. She made the difficult decision to retire, ending a career she loved. She's certainly not alone. </em><p><strong>SUBSCRIBE | </strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/education-matters/id1549004446?itsct=podcast_box&amp;itscg=30200"><strong>Click here</strong></a><strong> to subscribe to </strong><strong><em>Education Matters</em></strong><strong> on Apple Podcasts or </strong><a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2VkdWNhdGlvbi1tYXR0ZXJz"><strong>click here </strong></a><strong>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 </strong><a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/education-matters"><strong>clicking here. <br></strong></a><strong><br></strong> <strong><br>Featured Education Matters guest: </strong></p><ul><li>Jill Wagner, retired English teacher<ul> <li>Jill Wagner, M.Ed. taught English for nearly 39 years in three public school districts in Ohio: Bedford City Schools, Brunswick City Schools, and Independence Local Schools. Her duties included full-time teaching and advising many co-curricular clubs throughout her successful career, and especially rewarding to her was initiating a competitive creative-writing team 8 years ago at Independence High School. Too, coaching numerous Power of the Pen teams and Scripps spelling bee participants has been equally successful throughout the years.</li> <li>Jill is a nationally-recognized educator, earning the Portraits of Awesome award from Ted Dintersmith and “What School Could Be” in 2021, and she earned the 2017 Ohio Middle Level Association (OMLA) Regional Award for best m