Indiana Online Transparency Tool Makes Teachers Think Twice, State AG Says

Other states hesitate to implement their own Eyes on Education portal because of potential pushback or litigation.
Indiana Online Transparency Tool Makes Teachers Think Twice, State AG Says
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita speaks in Schererville, Ind., on Nov. 8, 2022. Darron Cummings/AP Photo
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Classrooms are open to public criticism in Indiana—regardless of whether it is K-12 or higher education.

One high school advertised a college fair reserved for African American students with a grade point average of 2.5 or higher. Two middle school employees engaged in an email argument after one of them allowed only Hispanic children to participate in a Rosca de Reyes celebration. A college lecturer in a teacher training program celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk in a social media post labeling it as “karma.”

Aaron Gifford
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.