Comments on Advance Indiana™: Another Stand For Children-Backed IPS Candidate On Payroll of Education Profiteers

Mary Ann Sullivan's number one priority will b...

2014-10-28T08:50:50.795-05:00

Mary Ann Sullivan's number one priority will be a big capital spending plan in hopes of helping out her husband's construction business. Sheil-Sexton gets a piece of the action on all publicly-funded construction projects in Indianapolis by hook or crook.

I'd like to hear what all their ideas are for ...

2014-10-28T08:33:50.098-05:00

I'd like to hear what all their ideas are for improving education for the kids.

The status quo is not working and the excuses are too numerous to list.

Well, as long as government is in the schools busi...

2014-10-28T07:04:07.888-05:00

Well, as long as government is in the schools business, this type of cozy relationship will continue. However, the teachers' union was always for centralization and fought charters and vouchers for decades. The new educational profiteers at least are advocating for a type of radical DEcentralization. neither approach is ideal, but at least the latter tends to disperse power.

So what are you trying to tell me, Carlos? That Re...

2014-10-27T18:37:12.100-05:00

So what are you trying to tell me, Carlos? That Republicrats are hypocrites? After all, that's all I've heard since I moved to Indiana in 1990 what a great threat the ISTA was to the state. I can think of quite a few who pose a much greater threat to all of us than the ISTA.

When I worked for the Illinois legislature, Democratic and Republican lawmakers competed to see who could cozy up more to the Illinois Education Association. Now those same people are competing to throw the teachers union under the bus for all of the money these education profiteers are throwing at them.

But, Gary, ISTA has backed candidates for years &a...

2014-10-27T16:35:49.901-05:00

But, Gary, ISTA has backed candidates for years & there's arguably just as much of a conflict of interest when a public school teacher (or a spouse of one) is on the school board.

Isn't the "Stand For Children" organ...

2014-10-27T14:57:39.045-05:00

Isn't the "Stand For Children" organization the same folks that support Common Core?

Ask the Reason Foundation (Lisa Snell) for suggestions on good educators in Indiana.

watch this space for a list of approved candates f...

2014-10-27T14:28:27.083-05:00

watch this space for a list of approved candates for all offices

Has anyone compiled a list of good (citizen friend...

2014-10-27T13:03:48.115-05:00

Has anyone compiled a list of good (citizen friendly) candidates?