Indiana’s Corporate Education Reformers Get An Earful from Educators
Sanity breaks out in Indiana. From WISH-TV reporter, Deanna Dewberry: . . . .University education leaders say a good teacher must have both a mastery of the subject he’s teaching and knowledge of...
View ArticlePerplexed; Imagine in FL
Recently, the state of Indiana released a list of schools that failed to make AYP. I’m not going to discuss the (de)merits of AYP; instead, I’m going to point out something that, as the title of this...
View ArticleMitch Daniels’ Red Menace: Public Education
You can tell when the Presidential political season is starting to warm up when the demagoguery contests set in, and this past weekend at CPAC, the would-be Napoleon from Indiana was strutting his...
View ArticleAn Indiana Teacher’s Close Encounter with "Red Menace" Daniels
Last Tuesday over a thousand teachers and parents showed up to lobby at the Indiana State House in Indianapolis. Below is a news clip of the event and below that is a testimonial from a 38 year...
View ArticleGov. Pence’s Pal, Doden, to Collect Over Half-Million in Ft. Wayne Charter Rent
With permission from Karen Francisco: Charter school charades Karen Francisco | The Journal Gazette That sound you heard Wednesday? That was the sound of the Indiana Charter School Board...
View ArticleBuying Indianapolis Public Schools
Guest Post: John Harris Loflin of the Education-Community Action Team of IndianapolisWho runs our IPS? “The crisis is not about education at all. It’s about power.”~ James...
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