Morning Bell: Bennett Profile, Student Voices, Getting Obama’s Attention
Kyle Stokes / StateImpact Indiana
Tony Bennett discusses the takeover of a Gary school at a public meeting in August 2011.
—Tony Bennett, state superintendent
Election profile: Tony Bennett’s made an impact – As Scott Elliott writes, in 2008 “folks in Indianapolis had a hard time believing Bennett was a legitimate candidate… He was an unknown whose school district a solid two-hour drive from the statehouse. Four years later, nobody’s asking whether they should take Bennett seriously.” Indy Star
What’s Missing from the Education Reform Conversation? Student Voices – “Students, we are being used. I have no doubt that both parties want to do what they believe is best for students because there is a good chance that what is best for students is best for them. Regardless, the rhetoric seems to favor political gain over student achievement.” GOOD
Mr. President, Please Read This Letter – “The rhetoric and lip service that you pay public education and teachers has not been matched by the policies of your administration.” Diane Ravitch
Lawyer: Girls hoops schedule decree sets precedent – “A federal consent decree in which 10 southeastern Indiana high schools agree to schedule girls and boys basketball games equally on Friday and Saturday nights sets a legal precedent for the entire state, one of the attorneys in the case said Tuesday.” AP