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CINDSA Supports Chrissy Smith and The Fight for Public Education
On March 17, the Indiana State Police arrested a Central Indiana DSA member and activist Chrissy Smith who was attending a permitted rally in support of arts education at public schools at the Indiana Statehouse. Organized by public school music teachers, the rally featured a musical performance by teachers and professional musicians who support a…
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CINDSA Stands Against the Privatization of Schooling and SB518
“We are attacking the cynics and the oligarchs who are trying to drive wedges into our community. This is not new. This is what they do.” Last night at the IPS School Board meeting, the Central Indiana Democratic Socialists of America, in collaboration with concerned parents, teachers, union members, students, and citizens, spoke on behalf…
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Little King Hogsett’s Republican buddies at the Statehouse grant him unprecedented personal power over our school tax money
This state legislative session was a disaster for public schools and saw a naked transfer of wealth and power from the working class to the ruling class. Among these absurd and corrupt bills was the so-called “Indianapolis Local Education Alliance.” This is not an “alliance.” It’s an attempted takeover. Although the ILEA is only technically…
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CINDSA Statement on the Passing of SB1 out of Committee
Today, our coalition of education advocates, parents, and public school employees condemns the Indiana legislature’s advancement of SB1. SB1 contains only slightly modified language from SB518, the property tax sharing legislation that we and other advocates have been decrying since its introduction early this year. SB1 advanced on a party-line vote out of the House…