A New Endeavor

I recently attended a political event for education issues and a politician said, "We need you teachers to speak up!  We need you to tell your friends, your neighbors, the people at church, and the strangers at Walmart about what is going on in education in this State!  You need to tweet it, make it your Facebook status, blog about it, or whatever you do but you must inform people."  For the last month, I've been thinking about this and he was right.  As teachers, we have been afraid to speak up for fear of reprisals.  Although we frequently share anecdotes of our joyful and fulfilling moments, we tend to keep the frustrations quiet.  The purpose of this blog is to share all aspects of what it is like to be a teacher in the State of Indiana today, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

To do this, we will have many educator bloggers from around the state.  These bloggers come from schools big and small, rural, urban, and suburban, so-called "A" schools and so-called "F" schools.  They will write under pseudonyms to protect their identity and their job.  We hope you will respect their privacy.

Happy reading!