Innovation Network
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.
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…
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…
STAND for something, fall for anything??
I came across this little gem in the Indy Star: I suppose that I am the one cautious board member that is named in this letter. So, allow me to address your concerns. For the record, as a former IPS teacher, I have seen firsthand the “failure” that you speak of, and share some of…
“Conversion to Innovation”
Next month, in October, we will get further information and have discussion on the biggest steps toward school ‘autonomy’ yet. District schools, next year, will be encouraged to move into an Autonomous status (principals will control their own budgets) and then to move toward Innovation School status. As an “Innovation” school the school will have obtained a…
How Sweet It IS…to be Phalen Leadership Academy
2015-4-28 IPS_PLA_1321 Agreement I just had to make you all aware of the sweetest deal in the history of sweet deals. Next week IPS will be briefed (Tuesday night at 6pm) and vote (Thursday night at 6pm) on a contract with Phalen Academy to take over the operations of school 103, on Indy’s far east…
Innovation Network, 1321, Phalen Leadership Academy
SO… Here it is, after much prompting from others, and admittedly, some procrastination on my part. A blog. From your local school board member. 🙂 Why? Let’s suffice it to say that if I felt that you were getting the whole truth and nothing but – well, then…this blog wouldn’t be neccesary, would it? My…