Indiana legislators have passed so much anti-public school legislation this year that they are feeling “reform fatigue.”
Of course, they expanded the state voucher program. That way, as many children as possible can escape going to a community school, even if they are in kindergarten. The good news is that 10 Republican senators voted against the bill, maybe they ere public school graduates and didn’t want to see their school destroyed.
By a narrow vote, they dropped the requirement that superintendents need to be an educator or have a master’s degree. This is called lowering standards.
The House and Senate disagree about Common Core. The Chamber of Commerce strongly supports it.
The most useful thing they did was to toss out Jeb Bush’s beloved A-F report cards, because no one understood what the ratings meant.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Diane…did I miss your promised comments on Dan Loeb (Hedge Fund King w/Balls, Taibbi article)? Last week you indicated after I messaged about him, that you would have a blog on Monday. Would love to hear your thoughts. ellen
Ellen Lubic, I posted that article in Monday
I think the title was “Should you trust your pension to someone who wants to eliminate it?”
“The most useful thing they did was to toss out Jeb Bush’s beloved A-F report cards, because no one understood what the ratings meant.”
Love it.