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Indiana University Dean Agrees that Education in the State is Headed to "Disaster" Under Former Governor Daniels' Course

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'Unless Indiana changes course, its public education system is headed for disaster. Already teacher shortages are being felt across the board, not just in traditional shortage areas;"wrote 'Gerardo Gonzalez, dean of the College of Education at Indiana U. "Indiana's downward trend in education enrollments can be traced directly to the policies under then-Gov. Daniels and schools sup't Bennett. Between 2000 & 2012 constant-dollar teacher salaries in Indiana decreased by 10% outpaced nationally only by No. Carolina's 14%, :he wrong-headed Rules for Educator Preparation and Accountability policies increased regulation of education schools and licensure requirements for teacher education students while lowering standards of preparation for nontraditional teacher prep programs; Equally flawed testing and test-based teacher evaluation policies have driven out experienced, effective teachers
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