December 14, 2020
(INDIANAPOLIS) – The Next Level Teacher Compensation Commission released its report detal ailing recommendations for making teacher pay competitive with surrounding states.
During his 2019 State of the State Address, Governor Eric. J. Holcomb tasked the 13-member commission with providing proposals prior to the 2021 legislative session.
“I am grateful to the commission for its dedication to developing these recommendations,” Gov. Holcomb said. “The report provides a wide range of actions for all to review and consider moving forward. The options offer a base for continuing these important conversations about making compensation for our hard-working teachers more competitive.”
The report includes 37 recommendations for local school corporations and state government that could improve teacher compensation through expense reallocation, additional revenues or policy changes.
Teacher pay commission says $600M needed to address pay shortfalls
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December 1, 2020
Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Teacher Pay Commission has determined that it will take more than $600 million to address what it says is a pay shortfall in the state and has released a report with more than three dozen recommendations for state government and school corporations on how to fund the gap.
Holcomb formed the volunteer commission in 2019 and tasked it with determining a competitive wage for teachers in Indiana and finding ways to get educators to that salary level.
The commission, chaired by Michael Smith, a former Anthem Inc. executive and co-founder of Indianapolis-based Cardinal Equity Fund, released its findings Monday in a 183-page report that includes 13 recommendations for school corporations and 24 steps state government can take to improve teacher pay.
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New teachers learning new tech
Engaging students remotely among skills being taught
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Education students at Purdue University Fort Wayne have practiced using Zoom, breakout rooms and screen sharing during virtual class sessions.
Their counterparts at Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne have written e-learning lesson plans and considered how to make activities accessible digitally.
Teacher candidates from Manchester University have modeled the creation of synchronous and asynchronous lessons – terms referring to whether teacher and students are in the same room or online at the same time.
The focus on such skills isn t surprising.
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the need for digital teaching skills to the forefront as K-12 schools have leaned on remote learning as an option for families and when in-person instruction wasn t feasible.
DeVos Is on Her Way Out, But Public Education Is Still Very Much Under Attack
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at the U.S. Department of Education July 8, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
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When a Biden victory in the 2020 presidential election became certain, supporters of public education gleefully took to social media to say good riddance to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. DeVos came into office with an agenda to further the privatization of public education by expanding charter schools and by encouraging families to opt out of public schools by any means possible. During her tenure, she effectively used her bully pulpit to cheer on efforts by Republican state lawmakers to expand various forms of voucher programs that give parents public money to homeschool their children or send them to private schools. She awarded many of the nation’s largest charter school chains with millions in f