Inside Education with Shane Phipps
Facing the Growing Public Education Crisis
Yesterday was our first day back to school in almost five months. As is normally the case, our school doesn’t jump right into our regular curriculum. We spend the first … Continue reading Back to School Lesson Taught is a Lesson Learned
Mr. President, A few days ago, you stood on a stage in front of Mount Rushmore and made some comments that can only be described as a direct attack upon … Continue reading An Open Letter to President Trump on Behalf of Social Studies Teachers Everywhere
Being a few weeks into the COVID-19 shutdown, students across the country have by now settled into new routines for their education. For those with the capability, that probably means … Continue reading The Covid-19 Pandemic is Revealing Just How Crucial Public Schools Are and Why They Should Be Equitably Funded
Everything we crazy, paranoid teachers have been warning you about for the last decade is coming to pass right before our eyes. We told you that the new accountability system … Continue reading No More Middle Ground: At this point, you are either for public education, or you are against it
At 5am the alarm rings out But it does not wake him up He’s been staring in the darkness for an hour There’s a routine battle raging in his brain … Continue reading A Teacher’s Morning: Today Will Be a Better Day
Teaching has become a much harder thing to do in the last decade. The fact that there is such a major shortage of teachers comes as no surprise to anyone … Continue reading Why I Am Still a Teacher, Despite Everything
The war on public education is entering its final stages. It’s been a nearly two decade long process leading us to the final phase of battle. That battle will happen … Continue reading The Real Reason Behind the Push for School Choice
Back in November when 20,000 red clad supporters of public education descended upon the Indiana statehouse for the Red for Ed Action Day Rally, our Governor was cowering a thousand … Continue reading Indiana Governor Holcomb Continues to Insult and Taunt Public School Teachers.
The writing has been on the wall for the better part of two decades now. The current Republican agenda on education, starting with the George W. Bush administration, began a … Continue reading The GOP Cares About Children, So Long As They Are Christians or Have Money
Indiana’s public school teachers continue to be marginalized and manipulated as pawns in a dangerous political chess game. Our state’s elected officials probably think they’ve figured out how it’s going … Continue reading Holcomb and Congress Now Playing Good Cop/Bad Cop with Teachers
I hope you’ll pardon me if I ramble and vent a little today. There are a lot of things on my mind as I am back in the classroom for … Continue reading We Are Here to Leave a Better World for Our Children but Our Leaders Have Completely Lost Sight of This
Dear Governor Holcomb, I’m just going to come right to the point; with all due respect, sir, you are just another part of the plan and we see right through … Continue reading An Open Letter to Governor Eric Holcomb: We See Right Through You, November is Coming
