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Retired teacher, public education advocate, Northeast Indiana Friends of Public Education (NEIFPE)

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Diane Ravitch Sums It All Up My introduction to Diane Ravitch: I canโ€™t remember precisely which education conference it was, but I was in graduate school, so it was between 2005 and 2010. Ravitch had just begun writing her Briโ€ฆ

Ravitch has published two dozen books and countless articles. She is a historianโ€”making her the Heather Cox Richardson of education history, someone who can remind you that when it comes to education policy, what goes around comes around. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/10/26/d...

26.10.2025 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There Was No โ€œMiracleโ€ in New Orleans This is the most important post you will read today or this week, maybe this month, if you care about the future of American public schools. Itโ€™s about the importance of honest research; it&#โ€ฆ

There Was No "Miracle" in New Orleans

03.09.2025 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jennifer Berkshire: Is Public Education Over? Fifteen years ago, I wrote a book about the the danger that school choice and testing posed to public schools. Its title: The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choโ€ฆ

Jennifer Berkshire: Is Public Education Over?

03.09.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Important New Court Ruling Protects Equity and Inclusion in Public Schools and Studentsโ€™ Civil Rights Late last Thursday afternoon, the Associated Pressโ€™s Collin Binkley broke a story that brought relief and satisfaction to the school superintendents and members of elected school boards acrosโ€ฆ
19.08.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Charter Schools at a Crossroads: As the Promise Fades, the Reckoning Begins A new report finds an industry in retreat, propped up by unchecked federal funding.
19.08.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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School grades donโ€™t measure what matters most What makes a good school? Thereโ€™s no universally accepted answer, but we all have our ideas. Most of us, I suspect, would start with teachers: We want them to be highly trained, competent and commiโ€ฆ
13.08.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment and Cost - Network For Public Education Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, Charter School Reckoning, ย presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector as it enters its fourth decade. The report, published by the National Center for Charter School Accountability, documents that in the first half of 2025 alone, 50 [โ€ฆ]

Part I of our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning documents the growth & decline of the charter school movement & explores the question: Has the charter market reached
its saturation point? Read our new report here networkforpubliceduc...

30.07.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A long-term look at Indianaโ€™s budget shows education spending lacking โ€ข Indiana Capital Chronicle The Indiana biennial budget faced significant challenges, but the long-term changes to how we spend our state tax dollars are more important.

A long-term look at Indianaโ€™s budget shows education spending lacking

28.07.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Do the July 1 Federal School Funding Cuts Mean for Students, Communities, and the Constitution? In late July, with the school year beginning in most places in about a month, there are few firm answers about whether school districts will ever be granted access to the almost $7 billion in federโ€ฆ

What Do the July 1 Federal School Funding Cuts Mean for Students, Communities, and the Constitution? janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/w...

24.07.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Indiana ILEARN scores show continued growth in math โ€” but reading levels stay flat โ€ข Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana students continued to make gains in math this spring, but statewide reading scores on the ILEARN remained largely unchanged.
17.07.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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US education secretary stops at Purdue University with governor โ€ข Indiana Capital Chronicle U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon stopped at Purdue University on Wednesday to discuss higher education and workforce issues.
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Indiana private school voucher spending tops $497M as enrollment slows โ€ข Indiana Capital Chronicle Enrollment in Indianaโ€™s private school voucher program grew by about 8.5% in the 2024-25 school year โ€” marking a slowdown.
01.07.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Indiana colleges cut hundreds of low-enrollment degree programs ahead of state mandate โ€ข Indiana Capital Chronicle Six of Indianaโ€™s public colleges and universities are cutting or consolidating more than 400 academic degree programs.

Indiana colleges cut hundreds of low-enrollment degree programs ahead of state mandate indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/01/i...

01.07.2025 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Carol Burris: Update on the School Funds in Trumpโ€™s Big Ugly Budget Bill Most attention has focused on the horrible cuts to Medicaid and food assistance (SNAP) in the bill just passed by the GOP majority in the Senate. It has some differences with the version passed by โ€ฆ

Carol Burris: Update on the School Funds in Trump's Big Ugly Budget Bill dianeravitch.net/2025/07/01/c...

01.07.2025 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Indiana voucher program cost: $497 million Indiana awarded nearly a half billion dollars in private school vouchers in the 2024-25 school year, according to a report posted this month by the Indiana Department of Education. Thatโ€™s a 13.2% iโ€ฆ
27.06.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Indiana unveils first draft of overhauled school accountability system to replace A-F grades โ€ข Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana education officials presented the first draft of a new school accountability framework that will replace the previous A-F system.
05.06.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As Indy charter struggled, ex-CEOโ€™s school credit card shows charges for steakhouses, wine, StubHub Ex-CEO of Indianapolis charter school network faces scrutiny over $200,000 in questionable expenses, including alcohol and travel costs.
30.05.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Personal Report to My Friends Who Read the Blog I spent this past weekend at my sixty-fifth reunion at Wellesley College. Since I graduated in 1960, I have never missed one. Part of my faithfulness is grounded in nostalgia, in a chance to reliveโ€ฆ

A Personal Report to My Friends Who Read the Blog dianeravitch.net/2025/05/26/a...

27.05.2025 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rapidly expanding school voucher programs pinch state budgets โ€ข Stateline The price of vouchers and scholarship programs, which funnel billions in public money to private schools, is mounting for states.

"School vouchers are increasingly eating up state budgets in a way that I don't think is sustainable long term.." stateline.org/2025/0... #SchoolvoucherScam

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"Big Beautiful Bill" in Congress Hurts Poor Children and Establishes New Federal School Vouchers janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/b...

20.05.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Study: โ€˜large, negative effectsโ€™ for Indiana virtual charter schools Parents who are thinking about enrolling their child in a virtual high school may want to reconsider. A recent study finds that attending virtual charter high schools was associated with โ€œlarge, neโ€ฆ
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This Supreme Court Decision Could Determine the Future of Charter Schools A ruling in favor of a religious charter school for Oklahoma could disrupt the 'public' status the charter industry enjoys.

NPE Exec Director @carolburris.bsky.social - This Supreme Court Decision Could Determine the Future of Charter Schools in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social progressive.org/publ...

14.05.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On Teacher Appreciation Week, union leaders say teachers are underpaid and under attack The presidents of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers say the political climate has added to age-old money problems for teachers, such as underfunded schools.

The presidents of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers say the political climate has added to age-old money problems for teachers, such as underfunded schools.

08.05.2025 22:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1330    ๐Ÿ” 375    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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โ€˜A giant leap backwardsโ€™: Indiana opts out of summer program for hungry schoolchildren โ€ข Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana will no longer participate in a program to feed schoolchildren through direct family payments during summer vacation.

โ€˜A giant leap backwardsโ€™: Indiana opts out of summer program for hungry schoolchildren indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/07/a...

07.05.2025 13:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pastors for Texas Children on the Signing of the Voucher Bill One of the most determined opponents of vouchers in Texas was the Pastors for Texas Children. While some faith leaders celebrated the opportunity to get public money for their religious schools, thโ€ฆ

Pastors for Texas Children on the Signing of the Voucher Bill dianeravitch.net/2025/05/06/p...

06.05.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Will We All Lose If We Sacrifice Our Public Schools to Vouchers? It is budget season in Ohio, and the current state of the budget legislation does NOT bode well for our stateโ€™s public schools, the institutions that anchor our neighborhoods and communities,โ€ฆ
06.05.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Education Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental health Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.
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In a series of cases, far-right law firms have recruited plaintiffs in lawsuits designed to undermine the Establishment Clause protection of the separation of church and state and expand the meaning of the First Amendmentโ€™s Free Exercise Clause.

01.05.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us for a discussion with Derek Black on the vital role PUBLIC EDUCATION plays in sustaining our DEMOCRACYโ€”and whatโ€™s at stake if it continues to be undermined. @npeaction.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @derekwblack.bsky.social

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30.04.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2025 Conference Highlights Visit our conference page to see some of the highlights of the 2025 NPE Action/NPE conference in Columbus, Ohio.

At the NPE Conference it was clear that we love our public schools, governed by our elected neighbors. We will fight to preserve, fund, & improve our public schools, where all children are welcome. Check out our highlight videos here networkforpubliceduc... #NPE2025Columbus

28.04.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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