EVANSVILLE, Ind. Dozens of teachers gathered along the Downtown Evansville Riverfront to protest pending legislation that they say would take desperately needed dollars from public schools and instead put them into private schools.
The teachers gathered to protest funding proposals in the Indiana General Assembly that would provide Education Savings Accounts and expand private school voucher programs.
State and local teachers associations invited colleagues and supporters from districts across southwest Indiana to a Fair Funding Rally at Evansville s Four Freedoms Monument Saturday morning, where speakers said they felt ignored by lawmakers and asked supporters to continue to lobby their representatives for equitable public school funding.