The school type debate in Indianapolis has gone on for far too long.
Do you know what it really does?
It distracts us.
It pulls our attention away from what truly matters: our kids—and whether their schools are helping them learn, grow, and thrive.
It divides us at a time when we desperately need to come together.
There’s already enough division in the world. We don’t need more of it in our schools. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to bridge the divide and focus on what really matters: student-centered solutions.
Because it’s not about whether a child attends a traditional IPS school, a charter school, or an innovation school. It’s about whether they’re getting the education they deserve.
The politics aren’t helping. The finger-pointing isn’t helping.
But hope, unity, and action? That can.
In that spirit of hope and action, I joined up with other neighbors, parents and students—people from all walks of life and all types of school experiences—because it was time. Time to create a student-centered vision. Time to end the division.
Together, we spent months talking about the newly formed Indianapolis Local Education Alliance (ILEA) and the real hope it could bring to our city’s children. We created a shared vision for a stronger, more unified public education system—one that puts students first, no matter where they go to school.
Read this if you care about kids in Indianapolis—regardless of the type of public school they attend. Read it if you believe we can build something better—together. Not just because we can do better—but because we must. For our kids.
And if you believe that too, add your name to this petition. Adding your name takes only a minute. The more people who add their name, the more likely our vision of centering public education around kids and not politics can come to life.
