The Daily Report Card: Teachers Union Aids GOP Candidate For Governor — Plus, Finland & Flexibility

Democrats helping Republican in governor’s race – Indy Star The Indiana State Teachers Association is circulating petitions for Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Wallace, who’s challenging U.S. Rep. Mike Pence in the May primary. The ISTA traditionally supports Democrats. (Indianapolis Star)

Finland’s Formula for Success – MindShift This Edutopia video features Pasi Sahlberg, a Finnish education official who recently visited Bloomington. (MindShift)

Hope is not a plan – Common Core Watch “In this country, we have an education seesaw. Essentially, if you sit on one end, push standards higher, and require all students to master a shared set of sufficiently rigorous standards, the dropout rate goes up.” (edexcellence.net)

Flexibility? Not so much – Joanne Jacobs “Despite promises of flexibility on No Child Left Behind, the Education Department is micromanaging waivers.” (joannejacobs.com)

Purdue study links abstinence programs, academic success – Lafayette Journal & Courier “Students at Indiana schools that encourage them to avoid sex until adulthood tend to demonstrate better academic achievement than peers at other schools in the state without such programs, a Purdue University professor contends in a new study.” (The Courier-Journal )