We love our public schools* and we vote.
This is the message we must take to the voting booth as a focus in all elections — local, state and national. There has been a bipartisan attack on our traditional public schools and it will take a bipartisan effort to stop it. We must defend, not defund public education. Know where your candidates stand on public education issues and vote to support our students, teachers and communities. Vote for public education.
Use the tools below to empower yourself and others to #VotePublicEd.
What Does It Mean to Vote Public Ed?
Voting Public Ed means supporting the people, policies, and public institutions that help every child and every community thrive.
Support Our Schools
Funding, staffing, and community support shape what public schools can offer students.
Protect Public Accountability
How public schools are funded, governed, and overseen determines how they answer to their communities.
Serve Every Child
Public education includes access, opportunity, a broad curriculum, and support for the whole child.
Use Your Vote
Candidates, referenda, and participation at the ballot box affect public education policy and resources.
#VotePublicEd doesn’t end on Election Day.
We must continue holding elected officials accountable for the choices they make about public education. Our long-term goal is clear: high-quality, well-funded public schools, under democratic community oversight, for every Hoosier child. Strong public schools help students and communities thrive.
*Our organization does not consider charters or “innovation schools” to be public schools, though they are called that in state law. Charters and “innovation schools” do not share the following accountability requirements with public school districts: 1) to serve all students within a given geographic area, 2) to be governed by a democratically elected local board (“innovation schools” are outsourced within districts, while charters appoint their own boards), and 3) to follow the full body of state education law, including teacher certification requirements and financial reporting requirements.
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