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A MUST READ! Think National, Fight Local: The Story of Indianapolis and the DPE (Destroy Public Education) Movement
This is a piece that myself, Jim Scheurich (IUPUI Professor) and Nate Williams (Knox College Professor) wrote for Diane Ravitch’s blog: https://dianeravitch.net/. Please share, and let us know what is happening in your area if you are reading from outside Indianapolis.
The Sam’s Club of Schooling: IPS’s Innovation Network
Affording charter schools the opportunity to “buy in bulk” comes at a cost to IPS.
Guest Blog: IPS and Alternative Ed
Is our IPS “dumping” certain students into alternative programs to increase its grad rate? This is a possibility for any district according to “Hidden Dropouts: how high schools game the system by dumping underachievers into alternative programs.” http://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20170221/281479276181361 Except for the recent scandal at IPS #28, we don‘t hear much from the IPS Alt…
A nail in the coffin
I’m back. Well, I never really left. But someone else has returned. This month the brand new IPS board saw it fit to appoint Patrick Herrel to be the Director of Student Enrollment and Options. Who is Patrick Herrel? He was the right hand man to David Harris, CEO of the Mind Trust. The Mind…
Closing Comments
Tonight marked my last board meeting as an Indianapolis Public Schools commissioner. I have included a video of my closing comments below. This was but one chapter in my journey. I plan to continue advocacy for not only IPS, but the strengthening of public schools in general. Thank you to everyone who supported me in…
Dark money clouds IPS election
More information on Stand for Children’s bankrolling of the IPS board election – this time from Steve Hinnefeld.
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…
On being silenced
I don’t know Larry Vaughn on a personal level, and I’m not inside his mind, so I don’t intend to speak for him. What I do intend to do, though, is check some rampant white privilege gone awry on facebook. First of all, for those that do not know Larry, he is a political…
Community Food Box Project
This isn’t on my usual topic of education, but this is a blog post from my daughter who has started the Community Food Box Project in Indianapolis. If you are interested in this project, you can find out more about it on the Community Food Box Project Facebook page.