Well, I have to give it to Indianapolis Public Schools, while they are not the brightest bulbs in the socket, they did manage to get around the state’s Open Door Laws and illustrate another reason why the taxpaying public has no confidence in them. You may recall my blog post last month about a Michigan […]

Here’s that video of IPS Spokeswoman Mary Louise Bewley kicking out the two members of the Education Action Group from this past week’s public hearing of the budget.  The conversation starts about 3:00 into the clip.

Indianapolis Public School Superintendent Dr. Eugene White may soon be defending more than his proposed budget cuts. At a budget hearing this week, IPS officials kicked out a couple attendees who were videotaping the budget meeting.  The attendees were from Michigan and were filming the meeting for a documentary on teachers unions.  They had been […]

I almost missed this.  Indianapolis Public Schools  have released their 2010 State of the District report.    And although how you interpret data is in the eye of the beholder,  I think it’s fair to say that IPS has pretty much been flat when it comes to progress and achievement as opposed to the prior […]

As Indianapolis Public Schools look to cut $12 million from their budget, I decided to take a look at the salaries of the district’s more than 5400 employees.  The highest paid salary was Dr. Eugene White who makes $240,640 in salary and benefits.  The lowest paid employee is Devonna Craig, a food service employee who […]

I don’t know what rocket scientist came up with this rule in Indianapolis Public Schools, but I can’t think of a better way to get sued and cost the taxpayers thousands of  dollars. According to scienceblogs.com,  IPS  is blocking atheist websites from its computers; actually its blocking all  “alternative spirituality” websites. Sites that promote and provide information on […]

I received my copy of IPS’ budget information Tuesday.   I haven’t had a chance to walk through all of it yet, but I wanted to make sure that as soon as I got a copy of it, you received one also.   090827 Budget Adoption Board Items 090817 Variance Analysis 090817 Board Supplmentary Information 090804 Budget […]

I hope you are sitting down for this blog post, but I am about to defend Indianapolis Public School Superintendent Eugene White. I know it surprised me too, especially since Dr. White has made some rather unflattering public remarks in the past regarding yours truly, but someone has to be the adult in the room. […]

Although many legal scholars are paying attention to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision regarding the Voting Rights Act, there was another opinion today that could have a big impact on Indiana’s largest school district. From the SCOTUS blog… The U.S. Supreme Court today by a 6-3 vote ruled that parents of a disabled child, who […]

Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi has filed formal charges against Lee Tibbets, who is accused of molesting a 13-year od John Marshall student. Although everyone is innocent until proven guilty, the affidavit is pretty harsh.  And a lot of this could have probably been avoided had IPS administrators done their job. If you want a copy […]