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Indianapolis Public Schools budget plan could include layoffs and salary freezes
Indiana
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Indiana
April 20, 2018

Average salary: $50,481. Doctorates: 21. First year educators: 241. We have the numbers on Indianapolis Public Schools teachers.


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Indiana
April 20, 2018

Indiana lawmakers are bringing back a plan to expand takeover for Gary and Muncie schools

Indiana
April 18, 2018

What it could mean for Indianapolis Public Schools if Ferebee is looking at new jobs

Indiana
April 18, 2018

Ferebee drops out of the running for Los Angeles schools superintendent

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Indiana online schools

Indiana
March 6, 2018

A tiny Indiana district is banking on virtual education to survive. But at what cost?

As a result, lawmakers are taking steps to learn more about districts that pursue in-house virtual education programs.
Indiana
February 14, 2018

Indiana lawmakers aren’t cracking down on virtual charter schools despite calls for change

None of the bills proposed this year dealt directly with virtual schools, and none of them received any hearings.
Indiana
January 29, 2018

Charter advocacy group ranks Indiana’s law No. 1, but calls for greater virtual school accountability

For the third year in a row, Indiana was recognized by a leading charter school advocacy group for having the nation’s strongest charter school…

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Indiana
April 18, 2018

Why Indiana ranks second to last in the nation for access to its pre-K program

State leaders noted the state’s recent expansion of pre-K wasn’t reflected in the report.
Indiana
April 17, 2018

Indianapolis Public Schools’ Lewis Ferebee is a finalist to lead Los Angeles schools

The Los Angeles Times reported Monday that Ferebee is among the finalists to lead the nation's second-largest school district.

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Indiana
April 16, 2018

Indiana students’ scores lag after transferring to charter schools, new study shows

Research supporting charter school effectiveness over traditional public schools is mixed, the authors noted.
Indiana
April 13, 2018

The new ninth grade: As Indianapolis high schools close, Crispus Attucks rethinks freshman year

The linchpin of the effort is a new freshman academy and a focus on monitoring student data.

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Vouching for Indiana

Indiana
August 7, 2017

The International School joins Indiana’s voucher program, an unusual move for a secular school

It will be a rare example of a secular school accepting state money to help families pay high school tuition.
Indiana
May 9, 2017

Almost all the private schools getting vouchers in Indiana are religious. Here’s how one school ended up bucking the trend

Of the 313 schools across Indiana that received vouchers this year, 306 are religious, a Chalkbeat analysis found.
Indiana
May 1, 2017

Indiana private schools can get state dollars immediately thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Holcomb

The move eliminates a one-year waiting period for private schools to be eligible for vouchers.

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Malicious disruptions

Tennessee
6 hours ago

Tennessee says its online testing was hacked. And it has happened in other states, too.

Attacks on online testing systems and on school networks, in general, are relatively common, said Doug Levin, president of EdTech Strategies.

discipline paradox

National
April 20, 2018

Do charter schools suspend students more? It depends on how you look at the data.

Charters have a higher overall suspension rate than traditional public schools. But when you break down suspensions by race, charters actually post slightly lower rates.

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National
April 19, 2018

One big upside of career and tech programs? They push more kids to graduate

At these CTE schools, low-income students were 21 percentage points more likely to graduate than their similar peers at typical high schools.