tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post9198356605483961409..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: The Mind Trust Seizing More Control Of IPSGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-12200484183174593642015-12-04T18:13:34.746-05:002015-12-04T18:13:34.746-05:00I suppose the Taxpayers can experience more lootin...I suppose the Taxpayers can experience more looting via Privatization. Privatized Prisons, Privatized Military, Privatized Education and in some places Private Security to replace the Police. Oh and let me not forget that Public-Private Partnership known as the C.I.B. The Colts and Pacers receive all the Profit and the taxpayers pick up the bill. Floggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10383015097067413086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7407041965508510452015-12-04T12:40:21.696-05:002015-12-04T12:40:21.696-05:00Subject: Fwd: Rant on Star spilling beans
Duh Sta...<br />Subject: Fwd: Rant on Star spilling beans<br /><br />Duh Star of Indianapolis finally has a story on how Indiana fared on the ISTEP test that approached Common Core rigor in terms of cut scores. Understand, in Muncie as in elsewhere in Indiana the cut scores were, in the past, set politically so that the scum we have hired could look a lot better than they ever were. Your elected sorts went along with this scam, and lied to parents, lied to teachers, lied to kids, lied to taxpayers, and crowed about their accomplishments which were just more lies. http://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2015/12/04/four-times-many-indiana-schools-failing-preliminary-results-show/76776930/ if you want the breaking news. <br /> The legislature and Mike Pence are going to try to "fix" their serial lies but the cat is out of the bag. It has been out of the bag really, since ISTEP began and alert people began to notice that in spite of huge increases in spending there was NO PROGRESS being measured by the test that was supposed to measure it...Indiana State Test of/for Educational Progress (in case you were confused as to what the plan was). Digging into the details of stagnation and corruption in Muncie Community Schools was not appreciated by the community that seemed to prefer being lied to. Still, people were being misled by the cabal and who really had the time or interest in chasing their lies? <br /> I haven't looked into the detail of strict comparison of the ISTEP cut scores v. the Common Core cut scores so it is possible that Glenda, Mike, and their stooges are still lying....it could be much worse than what is currently being reported and the bright green fig leaves showering the conspiracy's efforts to hide the truth are quite insufficient to cover their lies or shield them from all being fired. When you read the Star story think about how it is that Indiana had so many A schools and so few F ones. You know better now and you knew better then but there is a tendency to trust even those who steal your tax dollars, lie to your face, and insult your intelligence (which they have done their best over many decades to degrade).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Might also be available on my Facebook.<br /><br />"There, there, was that so difficult even if the Emperor's Clothing was not so stylish? "Both the State Board of Education and the Indiana Department of Education declined to comment on the preliminary grades.." as both they and their predecessors (including the Round Heeled Table) were complicit in lying to parents, teachers, kids, taxpayers and they have been lying for a long, long time.<br />When the Governor of Indiana notes that 15,000 Indiana high school graduates with degrees require remediation if they are to pursue "higher" education then the idea that "rebranding" Common Core isn't so bad in just the very one and single respect. The Indiana Education Establishment is disrobed and they are ugly. <br />This nastiness extends from their schools of MISEDUCATION down to the depths of the politicians of the 150 person Screwel Board, (aka legislature). The reporting of our "media" is also complicit in these lies, mostly for omission and lack of curiousity. There was no point in stalling this revelation....this isn't Chicago (yet). Now that we know (thanks to Common Core testing rigor) we can scrap Mr. Pence's agenda, go back to our high standards, use a good ISTEP, and begin to work on real student academic achievement instead of the decades of lies given us by the 6" ruler purporting to be a 12" one.leon dixonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-36435799658526862052015-12-04T10:49:10.337-05:002015-12-04T10:49:10.337-05:00Don't think that there hasn't always been ...Don't think that there hasn't always been cronyism within and without IPS. While not agreeing with what is happening, I have always felt that there was a lack of accountability within the system. One bright spot for IPS, I think, has been the Butler-IPS Lab School. A joint effort within a non-profit (except for the profit students receive :) system seems like an ideal situation to me...coupled with a huge effort to engage parents and provide choice and neighborhood schools seems to be key. Also, the CFI schools where people have to actually put forth the effort to apply to attend a school ensures that parents are willing to seek the school that best fits their child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-35929236152178530502015-12-04T09:07:29.637-05:002015-12-04T09:07:29.637-05:00The Lockerbie Pub attracts all sorts of people. $...The Lockerbie Pub attracts all sorts of people. $tand for Children is only a Gate$ front group and Bart works for the amoral Lilly Corporation. Peterson may be innocent in this case as he has a long history of interest in charter schools. I'd point out that the Legislature of Indiana has long favored eternal life for failing schools and has and had no regard for the kids trapped in them. In part, I suspect, charter schools are their manner of indirectly approaching the problem of their failing schools as they lack the talent, ability, or courage to tackle the problem directly. So, in theory, if a charter school can approach the level of instruction as the government school we should prefer the former to the latter on the basis of cost. You will note that "education" isn't a term I use....neither model offers much at all in that. Sticking to instruction, then, allows much more objective means of looking at what is being done. In Mind Trust theory the closer a charter can approach a private school then in performance, like everywhere else, the charter school should very much out perform the socialist one. They have sold their theory, in part, by mostly taking on failing schools with poor demographics. However, once they demonstrate success their approach will likely be to demonstrate the cost savings and enhanced performance in other schools. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-64878729495215192582015-12-04T08:04:12.378-05:002015-12-04T08:04:12.378-05:00Thanks to content focused blogs like AA, these she...Thanks to content focused blogs like AA, these shell games no longer outpace public attention. Sustainability of their burdensome corruption is therefore on a collision course with public interest...Pete Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948800585492289789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-28641395159057470032015-12-04T07:46:00.093-05:002015-12-04T07:46:00.093-05:00Gayle, I walked into the Lockerbie Pub to grab lun...Gayle, I walked into the Lockerbie Pub to grab lunch early last week. Who would be sitting at a booth together working on something other than Bart Peterson and Stand For Children's Justin Ohlemiller. Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-89183817746694832362015-12-04T00:31:28.242-05:002015-12-04T00:31:28.242-05:00Interesting that Cold Spring School, an A school, ...Interesting that Cold Spring School, an A school, needs to become a charter in order to continue their success. I will be watching to see the extent of involvement from Marian's partnership. Cold Spring is right next door. It's a desirable property, including a mansion...as of right now, IPS retains ownership of property for Innovation Network Schools, but only time will tell.<br />School 93 is an interesting choice also. Implemented just last school year is Project Restore, a homegrown IPS program that has been successful in two other (non-innovation network) schools. Sufficient time has not passed to determine success of the program at 93. I thought the Mind Trust's intent was to improve repeatedly failing schools. Silly me.Gayle Cosbyhttp://gaylecosby.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-32625654011019208102015-12-03T20:27:18.837-05:002015-12-03T20:27:18.837-05:00I was told that all IPS schools will be "auto...I was told that all IPS schools will be "autonomous" next year. Dismantling the system from within...??<br />It's like taking candy from a baby. Who will protest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-22710978894193586672015-12-03T20:10:25.789-05:002015-12-03T20:10:25.789-05:00It appears the "Mind Trust" is little mo...It appears the "Mind Trust" is little more than intellectually pornographic profiteering; typical insider statism, the pretense of child education for what's really adult daycare.Pete Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948800585492289789noreply@blogger.com