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Earlier this week, Indianapolis community and education leaders gathered for a campaign kickoff event in support of a tax referendum to raise money for the city’s public schools. But notably missing: the Indianapolis Education Association.
Aleks talked with the local teachers’ union about why. Read more here.
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