NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
October 23, 2012
Contact: neifpe@gmail.com
Northern Indiana Education Advocacy Group Backs Glenda Ritz for Superintendent of Public Instruction
Public Education supporters concerned over negative impact of high-stakes testing, vouchers, charter schools, and teacher evaluations.
FORT WAYNE, IN – Citing strong and growing concern over the negative impact the corporatization of Indiana’s educational system is having on public education in Indiana, members of Northeast Indiana Friends of Public Education (NEIFPE) today announced their support of Glenda Ritz for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Formed earlier this year, NEIFPE is a group of citizens, teachers, administrators and parents who are united by their support for public education and by concerns for its future.
The group believes that Glenda Ritz is the best candidate to refocus Indiana’s educational efforts toward students and learning rather than corporate interests. NEIFPE finds that recent federal and state reform measures that have turned education over to private interests threaten the well-being of children and jeopardize their futures.
The group supports Ritz, who has taken a stand against high-stakes testing and is committed to providing more time for education and less time for testing in Indiana.
For additional information visit www.neifpe.blogspot.com, www.ritz4ed.com or https://www.facebook.com/NEIFPE.
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1 comment:
This group will get nothing from their endorsement except pride in doing the right thing. This endorsement from a small dedicated group of professionals means much more than all the phony endorsements Bennett gets from the same people who stand behind faux-reform groups and then stand to profit from his regime.
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