November 26, 2012 There is enormous frustration and dissatisfaction among professional educators about current educational policy. Many, especially those in the classroom and closest to the children, feel that current policy, one of closing public schools, encouraging privatization, and imposing more testing than has ever been seen on this planet, is badly misguided and will […]

So many stories are circulating focused on why Tony Bennett lost his rebid for State Superintendent of Public Education in Indiana.  His support for Common Core did him in.  It was the power of  the teachers’ unions.  Over-emphasis of standardized testing alarmed parents.  At the most, each story is perhaps a small piece of the […]

Breaking News: Indiana DOE Stonewalls FOIA about Big $$$.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett believes in holding schools accountable. But what about himself? He says he’ll give his first term in office a “B.” Bennett appears to be a healthy man with the support of a loving family.  He is well-connected politically and his campaign is financed by some of America’s wealthiest. He lives in a […]

   Tony Bennett’s favorite catch phrase lately is to tell of his commitment to teachers, students, and Indiana. It was the title of an op-ed he wrote in the Journal Gazette.  His first commercial was entitled Commitment.     Are you suspicious of anyone who adds a whole section to the IDOE website to demonstrate his commitment to […]

In a recent report from the Bi-Coastal Progressive Research Institute (BCPRI), U.S. Students continued their downward trend in comparison with the rest of the world, falling five places in this year’s results. “We expected to fall several places to up and coming nations,” said Dr. M. Egbert Vailison.  “What surprised us though was slipping behind two mammalian […]

Tony Bennett posted this announcement on his Facebook account October 12th: I am excited to have the endorsement of Stand for Children for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. I appreciate their support for our re-election, and their awesome for work for the students of Indiana! If you aren’t sure what Stand for Children really stands […]

In 2010, Tony Bennett and the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) introduced relaxed teacher qualifications known as REPA.  A slideshow presented by Bennett stated the need for REPA was a grade of “D” for “policies affecting teaching quality”. This grade was given by the National Council for Teaching Quality (NCTQ).    The grade of “D” […]

Fiasco.  That is the best description of the way Tony Bennett is implementing his A-F system for school letter grades.  If you think fiasco is too strong a word, consider the following facts: 1)    On August 30th at the State Board meeting, Tony Bennett announced that the preliminary grades which were to be given to […]

Here is  ”the first television commercial of Dr. Tony Bennett’s re-election campaign for Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction.”  (Emphasis my own. By “first” I assume more are coming.) It’s entitled, “Commitment“. Typically, producing commercials of this quality has a price tag in the many tens of thousands of dollars.  In addition to that is yet the cost of air […]