Statewide education funding breakdown in new budget...thought you should know...

Congrats to our Tech Triber Rebecca Braun, on being selected by the NCWIT National Center for Women & Information Technology as a 2019 Indiana Affiliate Honorable Mention award winner! #WomenInTech #BravePride

.@govholcomb cares so much about public education, he appointed ZERO educators to his teacher pay commission - a group that refuses to meet in public. #redfored chalkbeat.org/posts/in/2019/…

...and this is the story across many of our IN districts. 🔴

Teaching. It’s a family thing!!#NAC2020

A popular tweet said families with students could get free internet service with Spectrum. Comcast is also making a similar offer, the VERIFY team has learned. wthr.com/article/verify…

BREAKING: All K-12 public schools will remain closed until at least May 1, Gov. Holcomb says. wthr.com/article/holcom…

FYI to the news stations...school is not “out” for summer. Yes, the buildings are closed. But there is still a lot of learning/teaching to be done. Teachers and students are gearing up for 7 WEEKS of eLearning. School is most definitely not out.

When there are too many cooks in the kitchen, it helps when the person holding the recipe has actually cooked. It’s about leadership...

On Thursday after announcing his upcoming Drive-In Concert I asked Garth Brooks when we could expect new music from him. Here’s that exchange on Good Morning America followed by my longtime, dear friend singing We Belong To Each Other.

Of course teachers and families are afraid.

If we closed schools because it was unsafe due to the pandemic, exactly what has changed to make it safe now? 🤔

IN is just weeks from beginning sch, and Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) Job Bank has 980 positions still open. Looking at the hard-to-fill areas (math, spced, sci) & the sheer number of openings, I reflect on the last 15 yrs that got us here. I completely understand what this means for kids.😔

You want schools open. We want schools open. Soooo... Wear a mask. Respect necessary quarantine. Participate in contact tracing. Follow grouping restrictions. Social distance. Wash hands. Sick stay home. Stop “this is fake” nonsense. Home support for 👆. It’s up to us.

ISTA highlights school employees are overly burdened juggling both in-person and virtual instruction, added hours with no new compensation.

“Solving any other problem of adequacy, equity, or quality is out the window if we don’t get a fix on this [teacher] shortage. And it will take cold hard cash to do it, not fancy policy work arounds.” -DB 👏

Dr. Anthony Fauci: ‘Get Teachers Vaccinated as Quickly as We Possibly Can’. edweek.org/leadership/ant…

Want a great school year for our kids and educators? Do your part. Get vaccinated. 💉