by Marilyn Shank | Feb 22, 2020 | 2020 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature
Action Alert – Call Or Email Before Monday Morning ICPE urges you to contact members of the House Education Committee before 8:30 a.m. Monday. Ask them to support Senate Bill 319, because it eliminates the requirement that teachers obtain 15 professional growth...
by Marilyn Shank | Feb 19, 2020 | 2020 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature, Standardized Testing
CALLS TO ACTION Good news: Governor Holcomb signed Senate Bill 2 into law last week. It’s known as the “hold harmless” bill and recognizes that the first two years of ILEARN test results for the 2018-19 school year and the 2019-20 school year should NOT be used to...
by Marilyn Shank | Feb 11, 2020 | 2020 Legislative Session, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Rally 2020
Why we rally: Still red. Still for public ed. ICPE organized its first rally at the Statehouse in 2013 – just two years after ICPE was founded. One public education friend recently told me her young daughter was in a photo from our first rally. That child is now in...
by Vic Smith | Feb 11, 2020 | 2020 Legislative Session, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Rally 2020, Statehouse Notes, Teacher Pay
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #342 In This Issue: Rally at the Statehouse on Presidents’ Day 2/17 at 2pm Renewed Attacks on Public Education Growing List of Event Partners & Speakers for Rally Dear Friends, Here is your chance to stand up for public...
by Vic Smith | Feb 5, 2020 | 2020 Legislative Session, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Statehouse Notes, Teacher Pay
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #341 In This Issue: Teacher pay: Are they listening? Four theories on why Gov. Holcomb, Speaker Bosma and Republican Leadership team decided to ignore teachers’ pleas after the largest education rally the statehouse has ever seen. Two things you...
