The state wants to contract with outside vendors after recent state tests showed many students struggling in grades 6-8.
State officials say their request would give schools more freedom to address their specific needs. But would funding reach those who need it?
The pilot program, created by lawmakers earlier this year, would let independent boards oversee school facilities and transportation for all pilot participants.
The state wants to contract with outside vendors after recent state tests showed many students struggling in grades 6-8.
State officials say their request would give schools more freedom to address their specific needs. But would funding reach those who need it?
The pilot program, created by lawmakers earlier this year, would let independent boards oversee school facilities and transportation for all pilot participants.
Since 2018, over one-third of gun homicides involving Indianapolis youth have involved social media in some form.
Jeff Butts shares lessons learned from leading the district on the west side of Marion County and discusses what’s next for him.
The Margaret McFarland Learning Academy, previously known as the district’s ROOTS program, serves students with the most intensive needs.
Renovations to the former Forest Manor Middle School building are part of a new beginning for Andrew J. Brown Academy, which broke ties with a for-profit charter operator last year.
The resignation of the Irvington Community Schools board chair — and the vote to remove a second member from the board — follows heightened criticism from students, parents, and staff over conflicts of interest in the charter network’s search for a new CEO.
Beech Grove is teaming up with the programs run by Stride/K12 to respond to growth in virtual enrollment.
Charter schools have grown in student enrollment and political clout since coming to Indiana in 2001. Will recent changes finally push IPS into becoming an all-charter system?
The announcement ends the legal battle over a state law that requires districts to give unused school buildings to interested charter schools for the sale or lease price of $1.
Roughly 70% of students passed the state’s IREAD exam at both IPS and charter schools.
The third meeting of the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance focused on the challenges of the different building arrangements based on school type.
The move is part of a state government streamlining effort by Gov. Mike Braun.
The ILEA must make recommendations on improving transportation and facilities across both Indianapolis Public Schools and charter schools.
Most of the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance’s members have worked in or for the charter sector, or have ties to the Mind Trust nonprofit that has helped create charter schools.
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The announcement to reopen the search for CEO follows concerns from staff, parents, and students that a top candidate for the position was the school board’s own chair.
This year’s IREAD results show students’ scores have recovered to pre-pandemic levels. But data on how many students were held back in third grade for not passing the IREAD won’t be available until October.
1 in 3 counties in Indiana don’t have voucher-accepting private schools, and rural students tend to use vouchers less often.
As a state-mandated group considers how transportation can evolve to better serve students, some schools are trying out new ideas.
Freedom Readers Fellowship is a 16-week course that teaches community members about the science of reading and prepares them for employment in local elementary schools.
Although Indiana has revamped literacy instruction for its youngest students, older students haven’t benefitted directly.
School improvement funds would be redirected away from low-performing schools under Indiana’s federal funding flexibility request.
The state must begin grading schools again no later than December 2026. Public comment on the proposal is now open.
While charter leaders have requested ownership of IPS buildings, supporters of traditional public schools have called for the district to charge for all services it provides to its charter partners.
Independent charter schools continued to outperform IPS, where Black and Hispanic students have not yet reached pre-pandemic levels of proficiency on the state exam.
Changes this school year require information on fetal development in sex education and mandate the elimination of required DEI trainings for teachers.
It will be up to states to opt in to the new program, which could help fill the gap between rising private school tuition costs and vouchers that families receive.
The money would be available to more schools to use with fewer rules about where the money would go.
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.
Indiana is in the middle of a multi-year overhaul of reading instruction. State leaders want to see changes in math, too.
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.’
Amid state budget troubles, alternative schools lost more than $4 million in funding.
Preschools are increasing their rates as Indiana makes significant cuts to its On My Way PreK program.
The state feels another pinch from the administration’s crackdown on DEI initiatives.