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The People’s Proposal for a Unified Public School System Where Everyone has a Voice and a Choice
On Wednesday, November 19th, Hogsett’s ILEA board presented several models that do not solve the real problems that threaten quality public education in Indianapolis. ILEA members, parents, teachers, advocates for traditional public schools and charters alike agree on the value of a unified school system. But there is no need to reinvent the wheel. The…
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Statement on Attorney General Todd Rokita’s ICE-Related Lawsuit Against IPS
Central Indiana DSA’s Fully Funded, Fully Public committee condemns Indiana Attorney General’s lawsuit against Indianapolis Public Schools for “hindering” ICE agents in the strongest possible terms. Rokita’s lawsuit against IPS is not about “safety,” law, or protecting children. It is a calculated act of political intimidation. It is an attempt to turn classrooms into checkpoints…
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We Celebrate the IPS School Board’s Defense of Democratic, Fully-Funded Public Schools
Today, Central Indiana DSA celebrates the IPS Board of Commissioners for issuing a powerful, principled stance to preserve democratic governance and fully fund public schools in the face of Statehouse Republican-led attempts to dismantle and privatize IPS schools. Commissioners Dr. Gayle Cosby, Alissa Impink, Dr. Nicole Carey, Ashley Thomas, Hope Duke Star, Deandra Thompson, and…
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Statement on the Attorney General Todd Rokita’s Repressive Attacks on Educator Free Speech
Central Indiana DSA’s Fully Funded, Fully Public Committee unequivocally stands with educators in the face of state repression of their free speech. In recent public posts to his Facebook page, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has encouraged the targeting of educators by his constituents for their political expressions outside of the classroom. Using flimsy, minimal…
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Central Indiana DSA Condemns Elected Officials’ Attempts to Privatize our Public Schools and Enrich Donors
Don’t let private interests loot education dollars and defund important programs. Charter-school lobby-backed politicians, including IPS board members Angelia Moore, Hope Hampton, Deandra Thompson, and Ashley Thomas, want to redistribute essential IPS funding, property, and services to private donors and dark-money PACs who seek to exploit our our children to enrich themselves. If they succeed,…
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Juneteenth statement from Central Indiana DSA
This Juneteeth we celebrate the anniversary of June 19th, 1865, and General Order No. 3 which enforced the Emancipation Proclamation to the state of Texas and freed the last remaining slaves in the nation. Just like then the fight for freedom is not over; it has merely changed. It is no longer physical chains of…