Inside Education
with Shane Phipps
How to destroy public education: A primer for dummies
The following is a primer for anyone interested in systematically dismantling and destroying public education in your state. Follow these steps and before you know it, you’ll have paved the way for installing the propaganda you wish into your educational indoctrination machine. Grab control of the national narrative about education. You are going to need … Continue reading How to destroy public education: A primer for dummies
Who will educate your child if Senate Bill 167 passes?
Your teacher friends on social media are at it again. Chances are, you are seeing a bunch of them posting things about Indiana Senate Bill 167. Depending on your political slant, you may take their posts seriously, or you may just write them off as more whining from a bunch of disgruntled teachers. As I … Continue reading Who will educate your child if Senate Bill 167 passes?
Thought Wars
Thought Wars By: Shane Phipps from behind imposing limestone walls they prepare to build an army steadfast unwavering unquestioning perfectly trained soldiers defenders of mythology to make us great again from within the hallowed chambers they prepare for me a bucket of high gloss white paint they give me instructions for a few fresh coats … Continue reading Thought Wars
An open letter to the Indiana legislature regarding pending critical race theory bills
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Indiana Legislature, The truth is under attack in this country. This has been so in the battlefields of social media for years, but now the war has shifted into our most fundamental and sacred dispensaries of knowledge and discovery, our public schools. Public education has been under attack from far-right … Continue reading An open letter to the Indiana legislature regarding pending critical race theory bills
Three Things We Could Do Right Now to Fix the Teacher Shortage
For at least a decade, teachers like me have been telling anyone who would listen that a devastating teacher shortage was coming. Now, that prediction has come to pass and it’s only just getting started. Without swift, systematic changes, it will get much worse and, perhaps, irreparably worse. There are a lot of things we … Continue reading Three Things We Could Do Right Now to Fix the Teacher Shortage
You Can Only Push a Teacher So Far
Look around you at the state of public schools. Unless you live in a bubble, you’ve probably seen schools in your area that have had to shut their doors and go to e-learning for periods of time due to teaching staff, transportation staff, or custodial and food service staff shortages. Perhaps you have been taken … Continue reading You Can Only Push a Teacher So Far
A Student I Once Knew
a student I once knew by: Shane Phipps I could feel him sizing me up I was just trying to do my job but I could sense that he wasn’t going to let me not today I trudged ahead but I could hear mumbled whispers coming from a darkness I could never know I couldn’t … Continue reading A Student I Once Knew
TikTok is Complicit in Destroying Schools and Needs to Be Held Accountable
In case you haven’t heard, there is a very disturbing trend happening on social media right now that is having a terrible impact on schools across the nation. The trend originated on TikTok, a social media site which is very popular among teens. Like any social media platform, there is good and bad on TikTok. … Continue reading TikTok is Complicit in Destroying Schools and Needs to Be Held Accountable
Mask Mandates Keep Kids in School: It’s a Fact With or Without Scientific Data
Teachers in many school districts across the nation are looking out at half empty classrooms as the Delta Variant of Covid 19 ravages their rosters. Other districts have far fewer empty seats. One of the main variables in the equation is mask mandates. Quite simply put, schools that have mask mandates have far fewer empty … Continue reading Mask Mandates Keep Kids in School: It’s a Fact With or Without Scientific Data
Far-Right Lawmakers Attempting to Strip Minority Students of Role Models
The truth is under attack in this country. This has been so in the battlefields of social media for years, but now the war has shifted into our most fundamental and sacred dispensaries of knowledge and discovery, our public schools. Public education has been under attack from far-right legislatures for decades now. At first, this … Continue reading Far-Right Lawmakers Attempting to Strip Minority Students of Role Models
A Message from the Front Lines of the Indoctrination Wars
Over this summer break, I quite intentionally took time away from writing about political things. I unplugged myself from most of the controversies that swirl around us, and it was divine. But school’s back and the real world comes back with it. My break from writing about political things is over and I have a … Continue reading A Message from the Front Lines of the Indoctrination Wars
Who Will Teach Your Children when Teachers Have Finally Had Enough?
You’ve heard the expression, “I’ll shout it until I’m blue in the face,” well, public school teachers are blue in the face. We’ve been shouting for many years now—shouting about the attack on public education by Republican controlled state legislatures—shouting about the unfair and inequitable high stakes testing being tied to teacher compensation—shouting about pay … Continue reading Who Will Teach Your Children when Teachers Have Finally Had Enough?
Push to Return Schools to Normal has Many Teachers Concerned
Like the world in general, the education landscape has been anything but normal in the past year. As the pandemic began to spread early last spring, schools had to scramble to find a way to continue the learning process remotely. To be completely honest, the end of the 2019-20 school year was pretty messy. Few … Continue reading Push to Return Schools to Normal has Many Teachers Concerned
Teachers Walk a Tightrope Over Political Strife
These are uncharted waters. The seas are raging, and we are all just trying to batten down the hatches and hold on. With the nation in turmoil from the election fallout, the future is shrouded by an ominous cloud. Things are unsettling and uncertain. This is especially true for teachers. Our students are not immune … Continue reading Teachers Walk a Tightrope Over Political Strife
Trump’s “Patriotic Education Commission” Plan Shows Complete Lack of Understanding of what Patriotism Is
“This past week, the president doubled down by announcing that he will create a “Patriotic Education Commission” so that schools will be forced by “patriotic parents” to “stop teaching about what America has done wrong” and “start teaching about freedoms.” When I heard this announcement, I was gobsmacked. It has become clear to me that our president and those who still support him—most particularly, the far-right Christians—do not understand the concept of patriotism whatsoever. As a teacher of American history for the past 20 years, I feel it is my duty to try and deliver to them a lesson on patriotism and American freedoms.”
Inside Education with Shane Phipps 