Indiana educators faced firings, resignations after Charlie Kirk posts — but no licenses revoked

By: Casey Smith

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: March 9, 2026

Words: 1,906

Last Updated: 1 day, 3 hours ago

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Seven years into his teaching career, Ian Gamroth said he had never received an evaluation below “top” marks.

The retired combat veteran left the military, earned a degree from Indiana University and settled into a classroom at Gibson Southern High School in southwest Indiana. Teaching, he said, quickly became a second “calling.”

Then, just days after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last September, a meme the English teacher posted on social media cost …

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