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Indiana educators rallied at the Statehouse Thursday, demanding increased K-12 funding and an end to “hateful attacks” on public education.
Hundreds of Indiana educators – most clad in red T-shirts – rallied at the Statehouse on Thursday, demanding increased K-12 funding and calling for lawmakers to cease “hateful attacks” on
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A bill permitting Indiana teachers to receive voluntary firearms training is moving forward after it cleared a Senate committee Wednesday by a 10-3 party line vote, but a Democratic amendment requiring schools to notify parents, if there’s a gun in their child’s classroom, failed by a 6-5 margin.
Representatives of MGT Education, the firm managing Gary schools, heard concerns about lack of a plan for the future, the disposition of school properties and student achievement.
"This is the year of the woman," proclaimed Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Thomas McDermott Jr., the five-term mayor of Hammond, during a campaign rally in Gary.