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Instead of a Teachers Society, IPS needs a grouping any enough to demand change.
Chalkbeat Indiana Distorts the Truth About IPS Board Election Campaign Funding – Dr. Jim Scheurich
Originally posted November 3, 2016 on Kheprw Institute Jim Scheurich, Indianapolis citizen & IUPUI university professor On Friday, October 28th, the Recorder published an article by McCoy of Chalkbeat Indiana called, “Out-of-state money seems to be skipping the IPS board race.” Community activists have repeatedly made the point that major money from wealthy individuals…
Dear Prez.
President Obama, I was proud to share the ballot with you in 2012 as an elected public school board member from Indianapolis, Indiana. Of course you were at the top of said ballot, and I was at the very bottom, but I digress. 🙂 Here’s my prediction: public education as we both have known and…
Marianette
Dear Reader, Did you know that Marian University now owns a lot more land than it used to? That’s right. Indianapolis Public Schools transferred several acres of land surrounding Cold Spring School last week to Marian University. This acreage included lots of natural habitat along the river as well as three buildings, one of which is the beautiful…
ALEC’s influence in Indiana education
Did you know that Indiana is so hell bent on corporate education reform models that ALEC has named a 2016 legislation package in our honor called the (drumroll please…) “Indiana Education Reform Package“: “Indiana Education Reform Package creates a voucher program, using taxpayer funds to subsidize private for-profit and religious schools and limits teachers’ rights to…
The purpose of education: the three E’s
I have heard it said that the purpose of education in IPS should ultimately result in one of the three E’s: Enrollment Enlistment Employment I want to offer three alternative E’s for your consideration: Emancipation Enlightenment Empowerment Let us consider the differences between education in different settings. The elite private schools of Indianapolis certainly…
State of the “Maverick” Address
I don’t care what a lot of people think (especially those who perceive themselves to be in power). However, I do care deeply about my community. For this reason, I have decided to announce early my decision to not seek re-election to the IPS school board. I want to give my community as much lead…
Black lives matter.
Disclaimer: if the thought of having bold conversations about race issues is a turn-off, then read no further. If you are sensitive or thin skinned, then this article may not be for you…because my intent is not to be offensive. The Indianapolis community needs to have broad, fearless conversations about race…and in order to figure out where to…
Imagine…
I’m inviting my readers to an imaginary place where Gayle gets to draw some real-life comparisons and entertain some fantastical thoughts, most of which start with the word Imagine. These are in direct response to our board meeting last week – the highlights of which are a $3 million dollar CASH price tag for the…
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