TUESDAY TATTLER THANKS TEACHERS

This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week, and Today has been National Teacher Appreciation Day.  What better way to celebrate our teachers than to thank Indiana's Glenda Ritz.  This amazing educator overcame "David versus Goliath" odds to defeat incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Bennett, in November.  Her first few months in office have been less than peaceful as she has had to contend with an onslaught of destructive attempts by legislators, and at the end of the legislative session a disastrous start to statewide ISTEP testing

Glenda Ritz has been the epitome of calm reassurance as she has managed every storm and handled everything with a calm demeanor of a true stateswoman.  Superintendent Ritz has managed to do all she does with our children in mind.  She is a true educator, who will not stop working for Indiana's PUBLIC school children at every opportunity.

As we thank Glenda Ritz for her amazing gift to Indiana schools, the gift of herself, we should remember this past legislative session, Tony Bennett's deal with ISTEP vendor CTB McGraw-Hill, and all that we want for our children's futures.  We need to remember every time we step into a voting booth and show our current legislators that Tony Bennett was not alone in his exodus from Indiana Politics.  Thank your teachers by voting for pro-public education legislators beginning with the 2014 elections and let's reclaim our PUBLIC schools from those who seek to privatize them.  You can see which legislators support public education by checking out the Hoosier Mom's Legislative Grade Card here on Hoosier Voices.