Tom Ultican: Leader of “Destroy Public Education” Group in Indianapolis Will Go National

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1. drext727 says:

   March 20, 2018 at 10:04 am

   Reblogged this on David R. Taylor-Thoughts on Education and commented:

   UHG!

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2. Chiara says:

   March 20, 2018 at 11:12 am

   Indianapolis is the new DC Miracle.

   They’re “scaling up” nationwide although they have no earthly idea if this “works”.

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3. GregB says:

   March 20, 2018 at 12:11 pm

   But Arnold loves him some—make that all—of that pension money.

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4. tultican says:

   March 20, 2018 at 12:51 pm

   In my post, I did not delve into how Indianapolis elites like Jane Pauley (former NBC news-star) are selling the destruction of public education in that city. They promote David Harris as if he is some sort of messiah. Responding to this departure announcement, the Indianapolis Star published a sickening example of propaganda not journalism. Their bootlicking adulation for Harris was shockingly inappropriate.

   The title of the Star Article: “’Relentless’ Education Champion David Harris Leaving The Mind Trust” – by Matthew Tully https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2018/03/15/tully-relentless-education-champion-david-harris-leaving-mind-trust/421513002/

   Tully wrote concerning Harris’s ability to get everyone to buy in:

   “The most obvious example of this bridge-building is the city’s new and growing collection of “innovation schools,” which are part of a partnership between The Mind Trust, IPS and the city. The schools operate within the traditional district but have the type of flexibility seen in charters. It’s been a notable partnership between a district and education reformers, and it is an example of what can be done when the focus is squarely on what decisions mean for students.

   The results have been promising. Several schools rated low by the state just two years ago now sport A and B ratings. More important, there seems to be a newfound belief within the state’s largest city that great things in education are possible.”

   Gayle Crosby reported on her blog what a scam the school grades were. They were based on a new growth model. Crosby wrote, https://gaylecosby.wordpress.com/2017/10/06/the-real-a-f-grades-in-ips/ 
   

   “Let’s take a look at the actual percentages of students PASSING BOTH MATH AND ELA: Cold Spring: 30.2% – Enlace: 28.0% – … – Phalen 103: 12.8% – Phalen 93: 38.2% – Kipp Indy: 18.0% …

   “I teach at the college level, and my students would never get an A or B for these scores. Do the parents know that their child’s A and B-rated school is graded on the sell-out curve?”

   Tully ends the Star article with:

   ‘“If you have a big vision in the private sector there is an incentive for others to invest in you,’ Harris said. ‘In the social space there is not that same incentive. When we started, we thought that if we could provide that investment we would both help great educators in our community and attract some wonderful talent to it.
   
   “The Mind Trust has done both, and Indianapolis is better off because of it.”
   
   There was no mention that anyone in or outside of Indianapolis found any fault with Harris’s destruction of quality-public schools in their neighborhoods or the fact that local citizens without the backing of The Mind Trust's connections have little hope of winning a school board seat. No mention that the Innovation Schools are the agenda of the Koch brothers who hate public education. Just adulation for Harris and the destruction of public education in Indianapolis!
   

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5. ciedie aech says:

   March 20, 2018 at 12:56 pm

   TFA ALUM. Not much more to say as we watch public school splinter.

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