Leadership & Management
Marion County voters selected their school district leaders this election. In total, 33 seats on 10 school boards are on ballots.
Sean Taylor will be the next leader of the northern Marion County district. He starts the role on July 1, 2025.
All 8 candidates for Indianapolis Public Schools Board of School Commissioners attended the forum co-hosted by WFYI and Chalkbeat Indiana.
The updated application process grew out of a board resolution affirming its desire to collaborate with schools of all kinds, including charters.
The proposed diploma rules would prioritize workplace readiness and create three “seals” indicating preparedness for enlistment, employment, and enrollment.
Elizabeth Krutz of the La Porte Community School Corporation is slated to take over the school at the end of July.
Few candidates and low voter participation and engagement with schools can pave the way for outside groups to sway elections.
Nikki Woodson became superintendent in 2011. Since then, the student body’s racial diversity has increased and enrollment has fluctuated.
Perry is the only district in Indiana to receive the Teacher and School Leader grant this year.
The district wants to use some of the funding to expand a student-led program that teaches nonviolence.
It’s the second Indianapolis charter school in less than a year that has announced a sudden closure after the school year started.
Nathan Tuttle says the school discriminated against him as a gay man with a Black child.
Warren Morgan was also a finalist in the New Haven Public Schools superintendent search that ended this week.
The Washington Township district has also named a permanent principal to run the school after interim principal Eugene White leaves at the end of the school year.
The board’s seven members have received support from groups associated with education reform principles like school choice.
The southside Marion County district will begin its search for a new leader on Dec. 21.
Superintendent Aleesia Johnson has acknowledged that the plan includes tough trade-offs.
Some advocacy groups downplay the role of big campaign spending, but others see a chilling effect.
Hope Hampton and Kristen Phair are running to represent District 3, a socioeconomically diverse part of the school system.
The Pike Township school board replaced Superintendent Flora Reichanadter with an interim leader after months of criticism over her management of the district.