Our Stories

Come to our upcoming workshops to learn about Stand for Children Indiana’s mission and team, what advocacy means and how to get involved! We want to support you in finding your place in the movement to fight for justice and ensure children – especially those facing generational poverty and systemic racism – receive an equitable […]

When I was in 3rd grade, I was held back a year because I didn’t understand English. I know firsthand what it means to be an English Language Learner (ELL) who attends an underfunded school and ends up stuck in the system. As a part of the Stand for Children Indiana spotlight series, watch my […]

Change comes amid national study giving some of Indiana’s largest teachers colleges ‘Fs’ for their training approach to teaching literacy INDIANAPOLIS – A new law passed in April by the Indiana General Assembly calls for a review of whether educator preparation programs are training their teacher candidates in the science of reading, a vast body […]

I got involved with advocacy because my children weren’t getting the type of education I wanted them to have – the type of education that would set them up for success. But over the years, Stand for Children Indiana has taught me that I can do something about the inequities I see in our public […]

Being an ELL teacher has been the most heartbreaking and rewarding profession imaginable. It’s heartbreaking because so many of my students are misunderstood and often called lazy, but they are undoubtedly the hardest working people I know. I have been teaching for about 10 years now. I have taught at several charter schools and all […]

I did not initially think Indiana was facing a literacy crisis. Then I began to volunteer with my church. In asking elementary through middle school students in my Sunday school class to read basic passages, I saw and was extremely disheartened by the failures of our public schools. Seeing so many kids behind where they […]