The Daily Report Card: IREAD-3 Data, Early Ed, Fort Wayne School Votes
Professor claims Purdue Calumet violated free speech right – “A Purdue University political science professor has sued officials and other professors at the school’s campus in northwest Indiana for the treatment he received after he posted criticism of Muslims on Facebook.” AP
—The Huntington Teacher
Teacher Evaluations: Shall We Fight Each Other, Or, FOR Each Other? – A teacher in Huntington County says her fellow educators shouldn’t attend voluntary training sessions over the summer. The teacher-blogger frames the discussion against state-mandated teacher evaluations that begin next year. The Huntington Teacher
School-improvement votes offered a valuable lesson – “FWCS presented a textbook study in how to persuade people to increase their own taxes even in a tough economy – and EACS gave voters reason to do the opposite.” Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Indiana third-grade reading results: big splash, bad data – Blogger Steve Hinnefeld points to discrepancies between the state’s IREAD-3 passage data and the numbers districts have. While the numbers have some schools in Bloomington’s district off by a few percentage points, Hinnefeld points out a few percentage points can make a huge difference. School Matters
Vigo County schools raise $50K for early ed program – “The $50,000 donation ‘is the biggest check we’ve ever written’ as part of the annual fundraising effort, said Superintendent Dan Tanoos.” Terre Haute Tribune-Star