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ONE PARTY RULE STIFLES EDUCATION DEBATE IN INDIANA
Education policy deserves debate
Hoosiers, the next governor will appoint nine of eleven members of the Indiana State Board of Education. The voters no longer have any say in education policy making for the state, except through their vote for the governor.
From Jennifer McCormick in the Jeffersonville News and Tribune
Now more than ever, Hoosiers must hold all of Indiana’s elected leaders accountable. From the rhetoric of the campaign trail to the actions in governing, officials must be honest and transparent regarding their position surrounding K-12 policy. Stakeholders must be bold, direct, and persistent in our questioning and expectations for accountability. The 2020 gubernatorial race bears more weight in this new governance structure. Important decisions lie ahead for our state, and most importantly, our students. Education impacts all of us. Our children, families, educators, communities, and businesses deserve a strong, representative voice.
DO YOU WONDER WHY TEACHERS ARE LEAVING INDIANA?
Op-ed: 'Is it any wonder that Indiana teachers are leaving?'
Rocky Killian, superintendent of West Lafayette Community School Corp., understands why Indiana's teaching force is dwindling.
From Lafayette Journal & Courier
If we want to keep our best teachers from leaving Indiana, and if we want to lure the best candidates into the teaching profession, parents and community supporters are going to have step up to support their teachers and public school systems. Also, if legislators are smart, they should be deeply concerned about the grass-roots support of teachers that is happening across the county. I have hope that this is going to happen in Indiana.
TEACHER PAY IS NOT A PRIORITY
Glenda Ritz: Teacher pay hasn’t been priority for state since 2011
From Indianapolis Business Journal
Some 60 of the 289 public school districts will actually get less money in the 2019 budget funding formula due to stable or declining student enrollments. These districts will be hard-pressed to maintain their current programming for students. How are they going to raise teacher pay? Once again, many of the rural districts are hurt the most by this lack of action on the part of our Legislature.
CHARTERS HAVEN'T DELIVERED
Charter Schools Have a Big Problem, and Rebranding Won’t Help
From Peter Greene in the Progressive
Charters promised all sorts of miraculous educational achievements at low, low prices. But those achievements haven’t appeared. More people are understanding that what we’re really talking about is the privatization of our public school system.
INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY INSULTS TEACHERS
Legislature Adds Additional Hurdle for Teacher Professional Growth Plans
The Indiana General Assembly sneaks in a requirement that teachers serve as local business interns for "the experience."
From the Indiana State Teachers Association
License holders starting a PGP for renewal in their Licensing Verification and Information System (LVIS) accounts after July 1, 2019 are required to complete 15 of the 90 PGP points required for renewal in one or more of these areas:
• An externship with a company;
• Professional development provided by the state, a local business, or a community partner that provides opportunities for school and employers to partner in promoting career navigation;
• Professional development provided by the state, a local business, or a community partner that outlines:
°current and future economic needs of the community, state, nation, and globe; and
°ways in which current and future economic needs described in (A) can be disseminated to students.
DEVOS, PLEASE RESIGN!
Teachers to DeVos: Please Resign
Actual teachers respond to DeVos's comments.
From Diane Ravitch
Betsy DeVos tweeted a thank you to teachers whose public schools she reviles.
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
Ten Thoughts on Teacher Appreciation
From Live Long and Prosper
VOUCHERS DIMINISH PUBLIC EDUCATION
The Problem With Tax Credit Scholarships
We, here in Indiana, need to understand that our GOP legislators are twisting the truth or lying. Curmudgucation explains it all with lunch.
From Curmudgucation
So when somebody (like, say, the Secretary of Education) tries to argue that this type of voucher doesn't take anything away from public education, understand that they are, at best, twisting the truth or, at worst, lying.
GOOD FOR MAINE!
Maine Dumps Test-Centered Teacher Evaluation
It would certainly be nice if Hoosier legislators would also realize that coming after teachers with chainsaws has always been a bad idea. Good for Maine!
From Curmudgucation
Maine has broken with the status quo of test-centered accountability for teachers.
Beginning with No Child Left Behind, public schools have committed to test-centered accountability, using student results on a single standardized math and reading test to drive assessment of districts, schools and ultimately teachers. For years, the prevailing definition of a good teacher in this country has been one whose students score well on that standardized test.
FEDERAL CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM GETS A CUT
Setback for Federal Charter Schools Program! DeVos Request for $500 Million Trimmed to $400 Million!
From Diane Ravitch
This is good news!
The House Appropriations Committee issued its budget report. Betsy DeVos requested an increase for the federal Charter Schools Program, from $440 million a year to $500 million. But the education appropriations subcommittee cut the appropriation to $400 million. This is a program that is riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse, as the Department of Education’s own Inspector General pointed out in the past, and as the Network for Public Education pointed out in its recent report called “Asleep at the Wheel: How the Federal Charter Schools Program Recklessly Takes Taxpayers and Students for a Ride.”
DEVOS STILL HATES PUBLIC EDUCATION
Betsy DeVos: ‘There is no such thing as public money’ and 5 other revealing things she just said -- or wouldn’t say
From the Answer Sheet
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos schooled education reporters Monday during a rare appearance at their convention in Baltimore, telling them that too many articles do not accurately portray her newest school choice program proposal. She also said that “public education” needs to be redefined and that “there is no such thing as public money.”
A TRIBUTE TO PHYLLIS BUSH
She lived a life of love and learning
Another tribute to NEIFPE's Phyllis Bush!
From the Fort Dodge (IA) Messenger
In the obituary, Bush wrote, “I am fortunate to be surrounded by family and friends whose love and support made me realize that there is good in the world, and it is worth fighting for. When you come to celebrate my life, you will meet people who have influenced my life and/or have been a major part of it. It is then that you will know who I am, and who I’ve been.”
DANIELS MESSES WITH PURDUE
Online folly deprives regional campuses
Mitch Daniels continues to mess with public dollars going to education...
From the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
In 2017, Purdue University, one of the most prestigious universities in the world, purchased the failing for-profit, on-line entity, Kaplan University. Purdue promised that Kaplan, renamed “Purdue Global,” would deliver a “world-class” education to a broader range of students.
Two years later, Purdue Global has lost millions of dollars, the Purdue system is bleeding its regional campuses dry, and the quality of education Purdue Global provides has seriously shortchanged the citizens of Indiana who were told they would be the first to benefit.
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