How can a political party that can’t pick a chairman win a race for Governor and the U.S. Senate in a political climate where the President of their party is polling at 38% heading into the 2012 elections?  That is the question Indiana Democrats will have to answer.  Following a weekend political family fight that […]

The Indiana State Board of Education is voting today to turn over several failing  Indianapolis Public Schools to private operators in an effort to improve school performance. At the time of this posting the Board has voted to turn over control of Arlington High School to Ed Power and Emma Donnan Middle School an Manual […]

The Indiana State Board of Education meets later this morning and will decide the fate of six failing Indianapolis Public Schools.  As I told you last week, Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett has recommended the Arlington, Emma Donnan, Manual and Howe schools all be taken over by the state and that Broad Ripple […]

I am now fully convinced that Indianapolis Public Schools are run by idiots and overseen by a majority morons.  On the day where the Indiana Department of Education announced that it was recommending the State takeover four IPS Schools and send in special teams to two other schools, the IPS Board reacts, by 4-3 votes, […]

Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett is recommending the state takeover four of six failing Indianapolis Public Schools.  Bennett is says the  the state should take control of  Manual, Howe, Arlington and Emma Donnan schools.  Broad Ripple High School and George Washington will not be taken over by the State but will be […]

Just in.  The Indiana Department of Education has turned down an appeal by Indianapolis Public Schools regarding the status of several schools that could be taken over by the state next year.  My sources are also telling me that IPS plans to sue the state in Court over the decision. Howe, Washington, Broad Ripple and […]

Here is the latest Indianapolis political gossip, rumor and innuendo for your reading pleasure. Expect announcements this week from the Indiana Department of Education on recommendations concerning the six failing Indianapolis Public Schools that failed to make it off of academic probation.  Washington, Arlington, Broad Ripple, Emma Donnan, Howe and Manual are potentially on the […]

When I attended Monday night’s meeting between the Indianapolis Public School board and the Indiana Department of Education I expected some fireworks between the board and  Dr. Tony Bennett and his staff regarding state intervention and possible takeover of six schools that did not make it off academic probation. The meeting overall was pretty tame […]

I wasn’t planning to blog again until Monday, but never let it be said a little thing like an out-of-state trial would stand in the way of me picking up lots of gossip, rumor and blatant political innuendo.  You know you all have been waiting for it, so here we go… Last week’s debt ceiling […]

This may shock both friend and foe alike, but I used to oppose vouchers for private schools.  I was never crazy about public money going to private schools, whether religious or non-sectarian.   However, over time my positioned changed.  The big thing that did it was the fact I got tired of public schools whining about […]