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Does it sound like Indiana citizens are enjoying their charter schools? See this letter from Mike Walsh: Public education in lawmakers’ crosshairs The legislature is on pace to completely alter public education on the misguided and false belief that our schools are failing. Their actions affirm their allegiance to the Mitch Daniels/Tony Bennett reforms aggressively advanced by the private sector, even in the face of Bennett’s overwhelming defeat in November. They have arrogantly chosen to ignore this reality by pushing their reform agenda with their supermajority. You should be alarmed. In effect, the legislature is complicit in creating...

Quote of the Day: “What was surprising, however, was the deep level of ignorance of government and history that some members of the [House Education] committee seem to possess. During questioning, I was told that the US Constitution is based on the Bible and contains passages from the King James Bible, that the majority should prevail in what religion is promoted in the schools, and that the “Drudge Report” is a reliable source of factual information. I was told, essentially, that I had no right to be there because I only represented a minority of Kansans and that...

Here’s the view on charters from Ohio. http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/mar/11/charter-schools-fail-to-make-grade/...

The House Education Committee needs to hear from us again. Tuesday they’ll be discussing the charter bill. Charters are supposed to be a good thing, but in reality they siphon funds from true public schools, and often cherry pick students, expel students and fail to outperform true public schools. They have recently proven to be a favorite mechanism for those who seek to privatize public schools and a cash cow for those who seek to profit from it. There have also been a large number of scandals in charter schools across the country. Urge legislators to support the...