Morning Bell: Mind Trust & Charters, Democrats & Takeovers

Kyle Stokes/StateImpact Indiana

Second graders at Christel House Academy in Indianapolis in July 2011. The Indianapolis charter school has received a grant from The Mind Trust to expand and build a new building.

Mind Trust awards $1M to two charters to expand school models – “The Indianapolis-based education reform group will announce June 25 that it is awarding $1 million apiece to Indianapolis-based Christel House Academy and Boston-based Phalen Leadership Academies to launch new charter schools in Indianapolis.” IBJ

Is reform Dems’ oppostion to IPS plan surprising? – “I’m a bit surprised by a blog post from the Indiana Democrats for Education Reform ripping Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Eugene White’s latest plan for turning around John Marshall High School and the schools that feed into it.” Get On The Bus

Democrats Sell out the Public Schools in Indiana – A viewpoint from a retired teacher showing why John Gregg has a tough sell this fall: “I think the Republican administration in Indiana has been a disaster for public education… Unfortunately, in my humble opinion, it will not be much better if Democrats take over.” Live Long and Prosper…

Indystar reporter unknowingly shows why “turn around” is bs – A former IPS teacher: “I have my issues with IPS… but it is clear that the way the public and policy makers are going to be reviewing the schools of Indianapolis over the next four years is clearly unfair to both the students and IPS.” A View Through My Eyes

To Stop Grade Inflation, Just Stop Inflating Grades – For college-level instructors “to approach the issue of grade inflation with the assumption that “this is simply the nature of academe, so why fight the system?” is to abdicate our responsibility.” The Chronicle of Higher Education