by Dr. Vic Smith | Mar 24, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, Special Education, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #354 Voucher expansion & ESAs are rolled into budget bill Dear Friends, They put ESA’s in the House budget. Now ESA’s have to be kept out of the Senate budget! ESA’s, the radical plan to give taxpayer money directly to home school...
by Rachel Burke, Board President, MSD Warren Township and President-Elect, Indiana PTA | Mar 10, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, CTE Funding, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, State Budget
Proposed CTE cuts are gender biased and an attack on urban students I have contacted my legislators and asked them to oppose cutting funding for Career and Technology Education (CTE) programs that are classified as “less than moderate” because they are...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Mar 4, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #353 – The camel’s nose Dear Friends, Milton Friedman, the famous economist who passed away in 2006, wanted to end public schools and get the government out of education. He proposed to just give tax money directly to parents to let...
by Marilyn Shank | Feb 26, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, Education Savings Accounts, Get Involved, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Indiana's Choice Documentary, Innovation Schools, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, Rural Schools, School Funding, State Budget, Urban Schools, Vouchers
Indiana’s Choice: “a must watch” Indiana’s Choice is a just-released documentary demonstrating how school choice policies in Indiana segregate students and discriminate against both students and faculty. All of us owe a huge thanks to the documentary...
by ICPE | Feb 23, 2021 | Public Schools Week 2021
Celebrate Public Schools Week! Public Schools Week is this week! Public schools nationwide have been faced with incredible challenges in the last year and had to balance so many competing needs involved in educating our children. Help us celebrate our Indiana public...
