Thousands Of Teachers Rally At The Statehouse At ‘Red For Ed’ Action Day
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Vigo County teacher Dianne Burpo says the excitement of the rally and the large number of participants makes her hopeful for the future.
“When so many thousands of public education friends, and students, and family members, and teachers themselves show up in unity today, right here where these decisions are being made, I feel hope,” Burpo says.Thousands Of Teachers Rally At The Statehouse At 'Red For Ed' Action Day
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Thousands 0f educators gathered outside the Indiana statehouse for the “Red for Ed” rally Tuesday to support public education. The Indiana State Teacher Association says its focus is three-pronged: ILEARN hold harmless, repeal career awareness licensure requirement, use surplus money for public ...Bosma has been a state lawmaker for 34 years and has led the House for 12 of the last 16 years, making him the longest-serving Speaker in Indiana history.
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Indiana will have a new Speaker of the House in the next few months as Brian Bosma (R-Indianapolis) announced his retirement Tuesday. Bosma has been a state lawmaker for 34 years and has led the House for 12 of the last 16 years, making him the longest-serving Speaker in Indiana history. 2020While you can hear impeachment hearings on nearly all NPR stations here in Indiana, the team at All In spent today catching up with the #RedForEd rally in downtown Indianapolis. You can catch that show online here.
IPR will also have more coverage of today's teacher rally at the Statehouse later this afternoon online and on-air if impeachment hearing breaks allow local newscasts.www.wfyi.org
More than 60 school districts across Indiana cancelled classes today, as thousands of teachers signed up to rally at the Statehouse. Today we talk to union leaders and teachers about the goals behind Red for Ed.