I am unapologetically pro school choice. Right now parents’ right to choose the best school for their children is under attack. All parents, especially parents of color and parents living in poverty, need to pay attention to the foolishness taking place in California and the education plan shared by presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders. In…
By Guest Writer – John Cooper I am an IPS parent. I have four daughters and three attend URBAN ACT Academy, an IPS innovation school. My youngest daughter will join them next year for kindergarten. As a father, I support Aleesia Johnson becoming the permanent IPS superintendent. I believe in her, and I believe she…
For the second year in a row, our school participated in the Great Indy Clean Up. The Great Indy Clean Up is a one-day event where communities all across Indianapolis hit the streets to do some much-needed spring cleaning in our city. It is one of our signature events. We look forward to this event…
Class, I need you to sit on the carpet with your legs crossed with your hands in your laps. Voices should be off. That’s how I talk to kindergarteners, but I have been told that I’m too strict and too direct with them. Instead, some educators would prefer I say: Class, sit on your pockets….
Hello! This is Mr. McGuire at Tindley Summit. How are you doing today? Sorry to bother but do have a moment to talk about your scholar’s behavior today at school? Ok great! He has been sent down to the office twice today for not following directions. He was asked to sit in his seat and…
Purdue Polytechnic High School (PPHS) is a public charter school partnered with Purdue University. It opened Fall 2017 in the Union 525 building. Currently, it is located downtown on the fourth floor of Circle Center Mall. The downtown campus will relocate to the Mallory Building on the near east side for the 2020-21 school year….
There is an old African proverb that says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” If we want to raise our school children properly, it will most certainly take the entire community. As a school, we can’t depend on the local, state, or federal government to take ownership of our school issues. It is…
Monday, May 6 – Friday, May 10 is Teacher Appreciation Week. Being a black educator, I was curious to know if anyone felt a black educator had made a difference in his or his life. Eric Williams, a former student of Arlington High School, shared that Mr. Roosevelt Griffin, a black Economics teacher, made a…
Teachers and students are getting ready to wrap up the remainder of the school year. Before the school year wraps up, we need to stop and thank our teachers. Teacher Appreciation Week happens at a perfect time. The end of the year can be intense, but if a teacher hears how much he or she…
As a current librarian and a former English teacher and literacy coach, my heart’s desire is for all children to loving reading and for all children to have the internal motivation to read. Over my career, parents have told me I was the reason their child started reading. I have heard, “My child never finished…