Parent groups in Indiana have posted a petition on change.org calling on the elected officials of the state to respect the voters’ choice of Glenda Ritz. In early statements, the governor, the governor-elect and some legislative leaders indicated tat they would stand by Tony Bennett’s agenda, which the people of Indiana rejected. Parents called on the state’s leaders to abide by the democratic process.
This is the Indiana petition. Please sign it and circulate it on blogs and Facebook pages:
“Indiana voters elected Glenda Ritz as our new Superintendent of Public Instruction by a large margin. She received roughly 1,300,000 votes–about 100,000 more votes than the governor-elect, Mike Pence. Now, however, Governor Daniels refuses to acknowledge that our election of Glenda Ritz sent a clear message on the direction of school reform, saying instead: “The consensus and momentum for reform and change in Indiana is rock solid.” Governor-elect Mike Pence is also choosing to interpret the election results as a “strong affirmation on the progress of education reform in this state,” (Journal Gazette 11/8/12). On the contrary: when Indiana voters elected Glenda Ritz as superintendent, we rejected the top-down, corporate reform model imposed by the state. We embraced Ritz’s platform and her research-backed proposals to support and improve our public schools.”
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Really, change.org? How ironic. Now they’re all members of Students First. Why not SignOn.org?
There could have been a logistical reason as I belong to an organization that went with change.org for such a reason, while cringing doing it.
This is a significant statement for our future. The current leadership doesn’t want to acknowledge that the general public is simply rejecting the direction that the Governor has been pushing the past 8 years. This is apparently harder for Governor Mitch Daniels to acknowledge as he invested a lot of his personal image in bringing about change to the State of Indiana and particularily to the education system. His vision of competition and privatization is being rejected and he and the others he has supported are refusing to believe this is the message of the election of Glenda Ritz. The people of Indiana may need to take stronger steps if this denial continues on the part of the elected officials.
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What is this petition actually asking for?
It’s calling on legislators to recognize that Glenda Ritz was elected and has a mandate to reduce high stakes testing and the rush to privatization
I voted for Glenda Ritz because everything Supt. Bennett has done has been done to undermine public schools and public school teachers. I voted for “change.”