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Beware the Lying Purple Teacher Haters
You may be well-aware of them. You may know them and not know what they really are. But they are around. They lurk in the shadows of your community. The are an extremist group, perhaps not in a violent enough way as to be labeled as domestic terrorists, but they do possess a terrorist-like agenda.…
Kids Aren’t Being Fed Propaganda, You Are (the real story behind the Indiana CRT scandal)
While public schools are carefully straddling the line separating the interests of the Right and Left when it comes to educating students in a world that is changing faster than anyone can keep up with, it is agenda-driven special interest groups who are actually intent on wresting control of public education policy and indoctrinating students…
A Plane to Nowhere: The Reality of Teaching in the 21st Century
Much of the focus of the professional development going on in my school this year is on formative assessments. For those reading this who might be confused about what that term means, let me explain. There are two major types of assessments given to students in schools, formative and summative. Formative assessments can be any…
Christians Should Be Cool with Student Loan Forgiveness: The Bible Tells Me So
One of the most divisive issues in the nation at the moment is the topic of student loan forgiveness. From what I have been able to gather from social media, a high percentage of the discontented rantings about the potential that millions of Americans could have significant parts of their student loan debts forgiven is…
Changes Coming
I have decided to make some changes to this blog site to better streamline my writing platforms. As some of you know, I write about other topics besides education. Rather than attempt to juggle several different websites, I’ve determined that it would make more sense for me to house it all in one place. Therefore,…
The Far Right Wants Me to Indoctrinate Students with Lies
The discomfort that the far-right is trying so hard to shelter their children from is that of the flood of reality that has broken through the levies of their white privilege bubbles. The calls to “make America great again,” and the harkening back to the “good old days,” is actually a desperate plea for a…
Schools Are Not Grooming Your Kids to Be Gay or Trans
In case you missed it, in a Fox News interview with author turned politician, J.D. Vance, this past week, Tucker Carlson said that he was bewildered by the fact that the fathers of students weren’t storming into classrooms and “thrashing” teachers for “sexually grooming” kids in schools. You can’t see me right now, but I…
Far Right Terrified of Teaching Anti-Racism
During the recent congressional hearings for Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Republican Senator Ted Cruz (Texas), brought into question the judge’s views on Critical Race Theory. He presented several books that are used by the Georgetown Day School, a prep school where Jackson serves as a trustee, as examples of what he claimed were over-the-top examples…
Christian Pre-School Teacher Leads 4-Year-Olds in Anti-Biden Chant
Imagine walking into a preschool classroom full of precious and impressionable little children. The teacher entrusted with keeping these precious, innocent children safe and preparing them to go into kindergarten has apparently been teaching them about our president. The students seem well-versed in a sort of ritualistic group chant. The teacher asks, “who is our…
An Open Letter to Students in 2022
Dear Students of 2022, I am writing to try and express my empathy for you. I don’t envy your youth, to be quite honest. I’m a man who is quickly approaching my retirement from a career spent in education and I can’t say that I would covet the prospect of trading places with you. It…
With Indiana’s congressional session now in the books, it’s time to take a breath and regroup
Justin Oakley and I sat down again for another chat and discussed the good, the bad, and the ugly of the latest session of the Indiana legislature. It sure was an eventful one when it came to educational matters. You can listen to our discussion by clicking the link below. INSIDE EDUCATION PODCAST: EPISODE 8–special…
CRT is the latest in a long history of far right moral panic attacks against public education…remember Ebonics?
The uproar we are currently experiencing over the topic of the teaching of Critical Race Theory in schools is just the latest in a long history of unwarranted attacks from the far right on public education. It is just the next thing in line where right wing leadership misrepresents the truth and uses mendacious propaganda…
Teacher who struck student has long history of political indoctrination
Last week, I wrote an article about the now national story of the teacher in Jimtown, Indiana who was caught on security cameras striking a student in the face. At that time, I only had the bare facts what was apparent on the video. In that article, I went out of my way, right in the first…
Special Offer for My Readers Who Enjoy DIY Indie Music
I really appreciate all of you who take the time to read what I write here. Writing is my passion. I write a lot of things outside of my work here at Inside Education. I’ve written a historical novel which was published by the Indiana Historical Society Press in 2015. The book is called The…
Viral Video of Teacher Slapping Student Shines Spotlight on Our Mental Health Crisis
Chances are you’ve seen the shocking video from Jimtown, Indiana that shows a veteran teacher slapping a student in the hallway. If you haven’t, you can see it here. It’s a difficult thing to watch. For most teachers, it’s a difficult thing to watch for multiple reasons. Before I go any farther, I want to make…
Inside Education with Shane Phipps 