ISTEP Cheating Scandal Could Impact Statewide Education Race
The likely Democratic nominee for Superintendent of Public Instruction could find herself in an odd position of helping defend the same teachers who are in the middle of a major ISTEP cheating scandal...
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Democrats Admit They Can’t Win Without Republicans
I originally had planned to attend last week’s Indiana Democratic Convention in Fort Wayne but unfortunately – or fortunately depending on your perspective – I had to attend a conference in Las Vegas....
View ArticleThose Darn Facts
It’s been an interesting week in Indiana politics and it’s only Wednesday. Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg came out and offered a plan to “reform” the Department of Child Services and...
View ArticleDoes ISTA Do Its Homework?
For a union that is supposed to represent teachers and stand up for public education ISTA has done a lousy job of doing its homework. Of course, this really shouldn’t surprise anyone looking at...
View ArticleRepublicans Winning Fundraising Race for Statewide Offices
Indiana GOP Statewide candidates not only grossly out-raised their Democratic opponents but had a lot more cash on hand. In the Governor’s race, Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence out-raised...
View Article100 Days to Go
As of today, we are 100 days out until Election Day. So I figured what better time to sit down and do a little political pontification and handicap the big political races here in Indiana. Now...
View ArticlePolitical Predictions
With 40 days left to go in the 2012 Election cycle, I figured that would be as good time as any to offer a few assessments and even worse – predictions – regarding the races here in Indiana. As...
View ArticleThe Air Campaign
A number of candidates have unveiled their latest Television ads either promoting themselves or attacking their opponents. Here are a few of the latest ones. Richard Mourdock – Republican candidate...
View ArticleTeachers vs. Tony
It is no big secret that the Indiana State Teachers Association and their members launched a successful social media campaign to defeat Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett....
View ArticleState Public Access Counselor Says Ritz Office Violated Public Records Act
The Indiana Public Access Counselor has issued an advisory opinion saying it believes the Department of Education violated the state’s public access law when it failed to respond to my request last...
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