This week the "tattler" looks at the Hoosier Mom's grading of our Indiana state representatives, especially those who received "F" grades for their lack of support for PUBLIC education.
When you look for your legislator's grade on any of the five "tests" used by the Hoosier Mom for her "mid-term" report card, you are going to want to look at a couple of things to check the reasoning for your representative's overall grade. When looking at the overall "grades" you will want to note the method of grading. There is a possible point total of 10 or 0 for each "test". This makes for a possible total of 50 points for the "mid-term". Representatives received full credit (10 points) for voting in favor of PUBLIC education. In the reverse, the representatives received no credit (0) for voting against PUBLIC education or by "skipping the test" (not showing up to vote).
The Hoosier Mom utilized the following grading scale to determine each representative's mid-term grade based on their overall mid-term test results.
80-100, A
60-79, B
40-59, C
20-39, D
0-19, F
If your representative received a grade of C or below, it is time to question why they are voting against PUBLIC education, or if they are skipping out on votes to save face from going against their caucus. Click the image below to see how each individual representative scored on the 5 "tests" in the first half of the session.
REMEDIATION
It is not only vital that we note how our legislators are voting, or if they are skipping out on votes on key legislation to save face, it is also important that we begin to look at proper remediation techniques to see that they pass their final exam. As good "teachers" we must utilize all our available tools to ensure that our "students" understand the full scope of their voting, and how we expect them to rectify this by showing better support of PUBLIC education in their future voting. What tools do we have at our disposal to better "remediate"? That my friends is the one question we have an easy answer for. Here is your "Remediation Tool Kit"
1) Phone Calls - Use the switchboards to contact your direct representatives and key committee members to inform them how they can vote to support PUBLIC education.
2) Emails - Continue to use the email links to email your representatives regarding key legislation and how they can vote to support PUBLIC education. Contact the House Contact the Senate Contact Education Committees
3) Letter Writing - Utilize letter writing skills to "smail" mail your legislators now to inform them, should legislation come for vote of full house, how they can vote to support PUBLIC education.
4) Facebook (social media) - Continue to create and/or share posts supporting PUBLIC education and callling for action in posts to inform others of what they can do to support PUBLIC education.
5) Visit Legislature - Make trips to the house to speak with legislators or to testify in support of PUBLIC education when key education legislation comes up for discussion and vote.
6) BE ACTIVE - STAY ACTIVE - We used our voices to vote in November in support of PUBLIC education. We me must stay active to make sure the voices (and votes) of 1.3 million hoosiers continue to be heard in support of PUBLIC education.
If your representative received a grade of C or below, it is time to question why they are voting against PUBLIC education, or if they are skipping out on votes to save face from going against their caucus. Click the image below to see how each individual representative scored on the 5 "tests" in the first half of the session.
Hoosier Mom's Grade ReportREMEDIATION
It is not only vital that we note how our legislators are voting, or if they are skipping out on votes on key legislation to save face, it is also important that we begin to look at proper remediation techniques to see that they pass their final exam. As good "teachers" we must utilize all our available tools to ensure that our "students" understand the full scope of their voting, and how we expect them to rectify this by showing better support of PUBLIC education in their future voting. What tools do we have at our disposal to better "remediate"? That my friends is the one question we have an easy answer for. Here is your "Remediation Tool Kit"
1) Phone Calls - Use the switchboards to contact your direct representatives and key committee members to inform them how they can vote to support PUBLIC education.
2) Emails - Continue to use the email links to email your representatives regarding key legislation and how they can vote to support PUBLIC education. Contact the House Contact the Senate Contact Education Committees
3) Letter Writing - Utilize letter writing skills to "smail" mail your legislators now to inform them, should legislation come for vote of full house, how they can vote to support PUBLIC education.
4) Facebook (social media) - Continue to create and/or share posts supporting PUBLIC education and callling for action in posts to inform others of what they can do to support PUBLIC education.
5) Visit Legislature - Make trips to the house to speak with legislators or to testify in support of PUBLIC education when key education legislation comes up for discussion and vote.
6) BE ACTIVE - STAY ACTIVE - We used our voices to vote in November in support of PUBLIC education. We me must stay active to make sure the voices (and votes) of 1.3 million hoosiers continue to be heard in support of PUBLIC education.
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