Watch these stirring videos that show the huge crowd of teachers and their allies amassed in Indianapolis in a demonstration for public education!
See the dramatic and inspiring gathering of #Red4Ed in Indiana!
After years of being mistreated by the Republican governor and legislature in the Hoosier State, teachers are rising up and saying “Enough is enough!”
#Red4Ed is on the march!
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http://www.therepublic.com/2019/11/19/images-from-todays-red-for-ed-action-day-at-the-indiana-statehouse/
Pictures from today’s Red for Ed in Indy!!!
All these beautiful faces. Our brothers and sisters. Like a freaking field of flowers!
Bob Shepherd: I just sent The Republic photos with my comments to Senator Niemeyer [R-IN] and Representative Chyung [D-IN].
I told them that a national magazine had a photographer at the event and that the nation supports our teachers. I wrote out some of the signs, the ones I could read, to let them know what teachers are thinking.
One of my sentences: Notice the one sign that says, “Our kids are more than a test score”. Exactly!! Standardized tests will NEVER capture what a student is like, nor what a teachers is doing to teach that child. Stop the nonsense and start paying teachers a decent salary.
This Amazon page for Diane’s new book! How exciting!
I sent this article along with my curt comments to Senator Niemeyer [R-IN] and Representative Chyung [D-IN]. Chyung wants to get more money for public schools but he is up against a Republican Congress and Governor Holcomb[R-IN].
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[NWI Times] UPDATE: ‘Enough is enough’: Teachers rally in Indianapolis for Red for Ed Day of Action
INDIANAPOLIS — More than 15,000 public education advocates gathered at the steps of the Indiana Statehouse on Tuesday morning to send a message to lawmakers at the ceremonial start of the 2020 legislative session.
“We need to make things more equitable around the state,” said Rina Horgan, a fifth-grade teacher in the School City of Hammond. “That’s why I’m here — to fight for our kids.”
In a statewide Red for Ed Action Day, educators from across Indiana traveled to the state capitol Tuesday morning to call for salary increases, action to “hold harmless” teachers following this spring’s ILEARN exam, and a repeal of a 2019 state law requiring teachers to attain 15 hours of professional “externships” in order to renew state licenses.
A total 146 school districts cancelled class or offered eLearning to allow teachers and administrators to attend the statewide rally.
Busloads of Northwest Indiana educators and supporters came to Indianapolis to support the collective voice of Indiana teachers.
“We want to be here today so we can help get the best for our students in the future and for the students that are here now,” said Anna Rolewski, a junior studying education at Purdue University Northwest.
Region showing of support
Educators from across Northwest Indiana came together Tuesday — many leaving in the early morning hours to join the statewide event.
“We are here because we are in critical need of funding,” said Joanne DeFries, a Hebron teacher and president of the Professional Educators of Porter County. “We are fighting this fight together, union and administration, because something has to change for small, rural schools.”
“We’re lacking pencils, we’re lacking paper. I spent about $400 at the beginning of the year trying to get my classroom together so it could be a wonderful environment for our students,” said Brenda Johnson, a fifth-grade teacher in the state takeover Gary Community School Corp. “I shouldn’t have to pay for paper, pencils, posters, crayons, markers. We shouldn’t have to pay for those things. The pay is not good enough.”…
“Teachers and parents and the community are galvanizing around this issue and it’s not going away,” Melton said. “When we go back into our districts as legislators, we have to be accountable to them, so I encourage folks to hold their elected officials, the governor in particular and the legislators accountable for what their not doing to focus on education.”
Teachers rally for funding increase
With the support of National Education Association vice president, Becky Pringle, and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, educators marched the Statehouse grounds Tuesday morning.
“What you’re seeing now is this deep betrayal of the commitment of educators and their communities to their future,” Weingarten said, echoing a growing frustration with state funding. “A budget is a document that actually proves your values and the budget shows over and over again that schools, that public schools, are not important.”…
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/education/update-enough-is-enough-teachers-rally-in-indianapolis-for-red/article_1f87a9df-9b76-5c18-8000-eff41aab9c5f.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
The people’s event in Indianapolis shows everyone what the 99%’s philanthropy and potential power looks like.
If ALEC held a rally, it would have to pay fools and sell-outs to attend.
If ALEC held a rally, it would have to pay fools and sell-outs to attend.
YES! Diane makes this point often. Deform is an erstaz, astroturf “movement.” It is headed by what she calls the Billionaire Boys Club and populated by paid toadies and sycophants (and a few fools), whereas the Resistance consists of millions of teachers, parents, and kids who are sick of the Common [sic] Core [sic], charters, vouchers, high-stakes testing, VAM, school grading, third-grade retention, depersonalized learning, and the other really, really bad “ideas” the Deformers have foisted upon K-12 education in order to enrich themselves.
I love that they brought the band!
Where’s “Waldo” Buttigieg?
Helpful hint: you won’t find him in the photos of the rally, so don’t waste your time trying.