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appalachiablue

(41,170 posts) Sun Feb 25, 2024, 02:17 PM Feb 25

Indiana Ed Parent Portal, Report 'Woke' Educators, 'Socialist Indoctrination.' Teacher Privacy, Safety

- 'Indiana education Parent Portal encroaches on teachers safety, tries to expose left wing nonsense,' Daily Kos, Feb. 24, 2022.

An alliance of Indiana teachers unions is demanding that state Attorney General Todd Rokita take down a portal he set up earlier this month to essentially spy on educators. Citizens can use the “Eyes on Education” portal to report on so-called “woke” educators and expose “examples of socialist indoctrination” in classrooms across the state. 🗑

Leaders of six teachers unions representing more than 4,000 educators posted a letter on social media on Feb. 11 expressing concern about the accuracy of documents posted on the portal, the IndyStar reported. The letter from the Hamilton Southeastern Education Association said the portal also compromises teachers’ privacy and safety:

“The portal violates teachers' liberties by posting their names as an intentional act of doxing (sic), which could lead to teacher safety concerns,” the letter read.

“Furthermore, the Attorney General is weaponizing a government website for his personal benefit. This further breeds misplaced mistrust in Indiana teachers, pitting teachers against the communities they willingly serve.” The teachers’ unions’ statement concludes: “We call on the attorney general to take down the Eyes on Education portal immediately and cease the political and vicious attacks on Indiana teachers. … Our students deserve better, our teachers deserve better and Hoosiers deserve better.”

The letter also urged Gov. Eric Holcomb and the Indiana General Assembly to denounce the portal and take it down. The right-wing Rokita launched the portal on Feb. 6. In his announcement, Rokita said: “As I travel the state, I regularly hear from students, parents and teachers about destructive curricula, policies or programs in our schools. Our kids need to focus on fundamental educational building blocks, NOT ideology that divides kids from their parents and normal society. “...

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/24/2225314/-Indiana-education-parent-portal-encroaches-on-teachers-safety-tries-to-expose-left-wing-nonsense

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Indiana Ed Parent Portal, Report 'Woke' Educators, 'Socialist Indoctrination.' Teacher Privacy, Safety (Original Post) appalachiablue Feb 25 OP

They really are doing a job on public education. Biophilic Feb 25 #1

Another strategy to eliminate teachers and public appalachiablue Feb 25 #3

Agree. Ed privatizers have bought the politicians, so those sweet public school tax dollars will flow their way. Timeflyer Feb 25 #6

Absolutely, thanks for replying. appalachiablue Feb 25 #7

They're trying to get their hands on the huge pot of education funding money now going to public schools. sop Feb 25 #8

True. And they're half way there. cbabe Feb 25 #10

Check, that is reality. appalachiablue Feb 25 #11

All part of communist KBG Putin multigraincracker Feb 25 #2

Money grab. Destroy public education with divisive issues. cbabe Feb 25 #4

The reality, thank you! $$ appalachiablue Feb 25 #5

Side benefit to destroying public schools: union busting. cbabe Feb 25 #9

Another big plus for the Reich, tx again. appalachiablue Feb 25 #12

I left Indiana 7 years ago AwakeAtLast Feb 25 #13

Good for you, thanks for posting. appalachiablue Feb 25 #14

Biophilic

(3,690 posts)

1. They really are doing a job on public education.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 02:21 PM

Feb 25

I’m honestly afraid it won’t recover in some places.

appalachiablue

(41,170 posts)

3. Another strategy to eliminate teachers and public

Reply to Biophilic (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 02:35 PM

Feb 25

education in favor of private, for profit schools to implement real indoctrination, anti democratic authoritarian style.

I hope the teachers and unions succeed in push back. This move has whiffs of a return to McCarthyism of the 1950s and the JBS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy

Timeflyer

(2,002 posts)

6. Agree. Ed privatizers have bought the politicians, so those sweet public school tax dollars will flow their way.

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 02:52 PM

Feb 25

Control the curriculum--can't have an educated electorate making decisions when there's all that public money laying around.

appalachiablue

(41,170 posts)

7. Absolutely, thanks for replying.

Reply to Timeflyer (Reply #6)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 02:54 PM

Feb 25

sop

(10,239 posts)

8. They're trying to get their hands on the huge pot of education funding money now going to public schools.

Reply to Biophilic (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 03:05 PM

Feb 25

Their plan is to destroy the country's public school system and replace it with a for-profit publicly-funded charter school system run by corporations. Curriculums will be designed not to educate students, rather to supply corporations with docile and easily-managed workers.

cbabe

(3,549 posts)

10. True. And they're half way there.

Reply to sop (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 03:31 PM

Feb 25

appalachiablue

(41,170 posts)

11. Check, that is reality.

Reply to sop (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 03:33 PM

Feb 25

multigraincracker

(32,714 posts)

2. All part of communist KBG Putin

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 02:32 PM

Feb 25

and his puppets plan to dumb down our population to accept the new Communist plan for our country. Wake up to their woke propaganda BS America.

cbabe

(3,549 posts)

4. Money grab. Destroy public education with divisive issues.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 02:43 PM

Feb 25

Grab billion dollar budgets for private/charter schools.

If you can foment anger and fights, people will be distracted and not fight their actual foes.

For example, Bill Gates. Who was educated in private ‘prep’ schools. And probably has never set foot in a public school.

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appalachiablue

(41,170 posts)

5. The reality, thank you! $$

Reply to cbabe (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 02:52 PM

Feb 25

cbabe

(3,549 posts)

9. Side benefit to destroying public schools: union busting.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 03:29 PM

Feb 25

Teachers’ unions historically big $$ dems supporters.
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