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…

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Racial Segregation in IPS

Given the recent attention to the topic of racial segregation in Indianapolis Public Schools, I wanted to share my own personal thoughts on the matter.  Again.  I have written a couple of blog posts previously, highlighting the same exact concerns that were put forth by the Indy Star and Chalkbeat in a recent series of…

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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…

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