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‘Harder To Keep Teachers’: Indiana Panel Weighs Salary, Educator Shortage

InkFreeNews.com Posted Oct 15, 2025  Updated: Oct 15, 2025 @ 9:24 AM

New data shows that while Indiana teacher pay has climbed in recent years, Hoosier educators still earn less than peers in neighboring states – a gap union leaders and some legislators say threatens teacher retention and classroom success.

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Posted in Breaking News, Scheduled Post | Tagged Austin Spears, education funding, Fady Qaddoura, Gail Zeheralis, Indiana Chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, Indiana Department of Education, Indiana School Social Workers Association, Indiana State Teachers Association, Interim Study Committee on Fiscal Policy, Jeff Thompson, Joel Hand, Michigan, Noblesville, Ohio, Scott Baldwin, teacher pay, Teacher Recruitment Program, Wisconsin | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Indiana Lawmakers Advance Controversial “Union-Busting” Bill Denounced By Hoosier Teachers

InkFreeNews.com Posted Apr 19, 2023  Updated: Apr 19, 2023 @ 12:32 PM

Indiana lawmakers are one step closer to advancing a contentious bill to the governor’s desk that has been decried by the state’s teachers unions as “unnecessary” and “union-busting.”

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Posted in Archive 2023 | Tagged education, Indiana Capital Chronicle, Indiana Chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, Joel Hand, Rep. Jake Teshka, Rep. Vernon Smith, Senate Bill 486, Teachers | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Indiana’s “$1 Law” To Expire — Plus New Funding For Charter Schools — Under Newly Amended Bill

InkFreeNews.com Posted Mar 30, 2023  Updated: Mar 30, 2023 @ 12:10 PM

A bill originally focused on school building closures was transformed Wednesday to primarily provide Indiana charter schools with access to more state and local funding.

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Posted in Archive 2023 | Tagged Aleesia Johnson, Bob Behning, Ed DeLaney, Joel Hand, Susan Sharp | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Indiana Parents, Education Advocates Split Over “School Choice” Budget Increases

InkFreeNews.com Posted Mar 17, 2023  Updated: Mar 17, 2023 @ 11:26 AM

Dozens of Hoosiers descended upon the Statehouse to call for increased K-12 funding in the next state budget, but much of the testimony heard on Thursday was split over a pending proposal to more than double taxpayer spending on Indiana’s “school choice” voucher program.

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Posted in Archive 2023 | Tagged David Clendening, Diane Hannah, Joel Hand, John Elcesser, Kathy Friend, Mary Bova, Terry Spradlin | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

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