Report: One-Third of Indy Charter Schools Have Closed Since 2001
Amelia Pak-Harvey, writing for Chalkbeat Indiana, has a report indicating that roughly 1/3 of charter schools in Indianapolis have closed since 2001. Indiana accountability standards for charter...
View ArticleBold Idea to Reduce Hoosier Brain Drain
This was just a random shower thought: Drinking age in Indiana is the younger of 21 OR whenever you obtain enough college credits to be considered a senior in an Indiana university. It will encourage...
View ArticleHB 1016 – Limitation on School Board Candidates
Rep. Morrison (and co-authors Teshka, Morris, and Prescott) have introduced HB 1016 which would prohibit employees or “agents” of schools from being on the school board. So far as I can tell, “agent”...
View ArticleSchool Administration Discussion with Teachers Associations
Sen. Ford has introduced SB 62 which would require schools (through their superintendents) to meet and discuss certain items with teachers’ unions. The specified topics are class sizes and...
View ArticleHB 1376 – School Referendum Election Dates
Rep. Behning’s HB 1376 would require that school referendums be held only during general elections – except that, in the case of a school district entirely within a municipality, they can be held...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly’s Fractured Approach to School Size
Chris Lagoni and Terry Spradlin, writing commentary in the Indiana Capital Chronicle have a column entitled “Fallacies of the School District Consolidation Debate in Indiana.” The whole thing is worth...
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West Lafayette High School Getting New Principal / School Board Drama Ensues
After long years of quality service, West Lafayette’s principal, Ron Shriner is retiring. Upon learning of his plans, the school administration launched into a search for a new principal. Shortly...
View ArticleThe Ideological Drift of “Transparency”
Sunlight is a great disinfectant. But it can also scorch the earth and render it lifeless. A friend flagged this 2018 Yale Law Journal article by David Pozen entitled “Transparency’s Ideological...
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A business school approach to education won’t work
What’s gonna work?Team work! A Facebook memory from a year ago prompted this post. Last year, one of our school board members made statements reflecting her view that “specials” teachers are less...
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Public Schools Week
#PSW24 My local school district posted the above image with a reminder that it’s Public Schools Week. On Facebook, I noted my gratitude for the public schools that educated me. I’ve honestly never felt...
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