Amelia Pak-Harvey

Amelia Pak-Harvey

Reporter, Chalkbeat Indiana

Amelia Pak-Harvey is a Reporter for Chalkbeat Indiana. She previously worked as a city reporter for the Indianapolis Star, an education reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and an education reporter for the Lowell Sun in Lowell, Massachusetts. She graduated from Boston University and is originally from North Carolina.

The Bush brothers graduated from Lawrence North High School and went on to pursue degrees in finance and business. But the school district from which they graduated ultimately inspired careers in education.

The district’s two STEM middle schools will launch a STEM Scholars program and create STEM Future Centers where students can go for academic support and hands-on opportunities.

The City-County Council is weighing a longer curfew after recent gun violence that left five teenagers dead. Eleven local superintendents said the proposal ‘is not about punishment — it’s about prevention.’

The addition of another charter school is the latest change in the city’s evolving educational landscape. It follows a legislative session that pitted traditional public schools against charter schools in a fight for funding.

Third graders who did not pass a state literacy exam are using summer school as one final chance to pass and proceed to fourth grade under a tougher grade retention law.

The district will launch a second phase of its pilot AI program this upcoming school year.

The group is tasked by state lawmakers with examining how Indianapolis Public Schools and charter schools could collaborate to meet transportation and facility needs.

Percy Clark has agreed to pay a judgment of roughly $1.3 million in a federal case alleging that the schools falsely inflated enrollment numbers to obtain state money.

A credit card assigned to the former charter school official accrued tens of thousands of dollars in travel, high-end dining, and alcohol purchases. The official was terminated earlier this year.

The four June meetings will focus on how the district should engage with the new Indianapolis Local Education Alliance