From media reports
LEESBURG, Ind. – Jim McLean, a columnist for the Journal Gazette, responds to an editorial published last month that took aim at a new bill that would prohibit Indiana schools from automatically deducting union dues from teachers’ paychecks.
Read More »
EAGnews.org :: Education Research, Reporting, Analysis and Commentary
Posts Tagged ‘Indiana State Teachers Association’
Letting schools compete: a boon to the economy
By Larry Sand
Unionwatch
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Education Association continues to throw out stale bromides in an attempt to salvage a failing and very costly education enterprise.
Read More »
Stick a fork in it: Teachers’ union-controlled health insurance company almost cooked
LAS VEGAS – The Clark County Education Association is one union of many that got into the insurance business. The Indiana State Teachers Association faced mega losses a couple years ago when its ISTA Trust went belly up.
Read More »
Indiana teacher, coach accused of sexting students
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
PORTAGE, Ind. – An Indiana middle school teacher faces four felony sex charges after authorities allege he attempted to solicit two former female students.
Read More »
Indy’s miserable superintendent leaving a legacy of financial waste, cronyism and weak excuses
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Public Schools will soon undertake its most critical education reform in nearly a decade: Replacing its inept superintendent.
Read More »
Hallelujah! Indianapolis’ bumbling superintendent calls it quits!
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
INDIANAPOLIS – Students and parents of Indianapolis Public Schools – rejoice!
Read More »
The secret of their success: A few Indiana charter schools may close due to poor performance
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
MUNCIE, Ind. – There’s widespread speculation that as many as 10 of Indiana’s 66 charter schools may be shut down at the end of the school year due to poor academic performance.
Read More »
Indiana Supt. Tony Bennett to become Florida’s next education commissioner
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Former Indiana state Superintendent Tony Bennett may have lost re-election in his home state, but he isn’t finished with the fight to reform government education.
Read More »
Indiana Chamber calls for ban on automatic union dues deductions
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
INDIANAPOLIS – As an organization involved in the political process, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce has to do all of its own dirty work.
Read More »
Daniels: Unions used public resources to oust Indiana’s reform superintendent
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the Indiana State Teachers Association illegally used school time to distribute campaign emails and discuss politics with parents during the 2012 election, according to Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Read More »
Indiana’s historic voucher program under review by state Supreme Court
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments this morning about the legality of the state’s historic school voucher law.
Read More »
Indiana lawmakers to press forward with school reforms despite Bennett’s stunning defeat
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
INDIANAPOLIS – Any way you slice it, election night was ugly for the education reform movement.
Read More »
Indiana Superintendent Tony Bennett loses bid for second term
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett, a respected leader in the national education reform movement, was defeated Tuesday in his bid for a second term by a former local teachers union official.
Read More »
Bennett’s re-election effort viewed nationally as a referendum on public education reform
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana school Superintendent Tony Bennett may not be a household name, but for many people involved in the national school reform movement he’s nothing less than a superhero.
Read More »
Source: Indiana teachers union membership numbers plummet
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
INDIANAPOLIS – When teachers have a choice, large numbers of them frequently decide not to be members of labor unions. Just look at the teachers’ new-found choice in Wisconsin – union membership will reportedly decline by as much as one-third.
Read More »
Update: Indiana teacher loses in court, forced to pay back union dues, court costs
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
WINCHESTER, Ind. – Gina Walker fought her union, and the union won.
Read More »
Indiana teacher being sued by union for not making dues payments
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
WINCHESTER, Ind. – The case of Randolph Central Classroom Teachers Association vs. Mrs. Gina Walker will be heard today in the Randolph County Small Claims Court.
Read More »
Crooked Indiana affiliate draining millions from NEA
Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
INDIANAPOLIS – The nation’s largest teachers union expects to lose millions of dollars through a tax-exempt real estate holding company it set up to bail out its Indiana state affiliate.
Read More »
NEA’s actions speak louder than words
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
CINCINNATI – The National Education Association has largely been in the driver’s seat of education policy for decades. It has successfully found a host in the Democratic Party, while also co-opting a handful of Republican politicians to give the unions its power and platform.
Read More »
The failure of Supt. Eugene White, Indianapolis, and the need to end the district model
By RiShawn Biddle
Dropout Nation
INDIANAPOLIS – If success as a school leader is merely judged on length of tenure alone, then Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Eugene White has clearly done well.
Read More »