Tag: Indiana

Should Hoosiers support Glenda Ritz’s plans for ISTEP?

February 17, 2015 6 Comments
Should Hoosiers support Glenda Ritz’s plans for ISTEP?

Following public outrage over the new ISTEP, the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE), in consultation with testing experts, offered a plan to the Indiana State Board of Education (ISBOE) to cut the testing time by three hours, from over twelve to around nine hours. State Board of Education member Andrea Neal supported the time-cutting measures […]

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300-page NCLB waiver increases state control?

January 13, 2015 6 Comments
300-page NCLB waiver increases state control?

Indiana’s  No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver which was renewed this past June is up for renewal again at the end of the school year. The zeal with which Indiana Department of Education officials sought the current waiver leaves little doubt that a strong effort will once again be made to retain it. However, an […]

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Twenty-two year veteran teacher from Indiana says No to Common Core!

April 9, 2013 2 Comments

Yet another veteran Indiana teacher stands up and speaks out against the Common Core!  Read Julian Smith’s article, Common Core Standards would take Indiana students backwards , which appeared in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.  His article begins: As out-of-state investors and pro-privatization education interest groups pour into our state with their deep pockets to […]

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