Teachers and teaching
Indianapolis teachers are using the 2024 election to teach students the importance of civic engagement.
The I-SEAL program helps current educators earn their special education certification for free while remaining in the classroom.
Graciela Miranda earns teenagers’ trust at Pike High School by drawing on her experience as the daughter of immigrants.
Ahead of the voter registration deadline in Indiana, students are helping their peers register to vote. Young students are also registering to participate in the Indiana Kids Election.
Pleasant Run Elementary in Warren Township has boosted its IREAD results through an all-hands-on-deck approach that involves students and families.
Indiana schools must now have cell phone bans. We want to know how that’s impacting you.
In addition to bolstering literacy, the district says the instructional strategies will promote other IPS goals like advancing racial equity.
As the state’s schools change how they teach reading, experts say daily habits and parental involvement can be very helpful.
The proposed diploma rules would prioritize workplace readiness and create three “seals” indicating preparedness for enlistment, employment, and enrollment.
The 2024 ILEARN test scores released Wednesday show a very small change in the overall statewide scores for students in grades 3 to 8.
Writing for Perspicacity Magazine isn’t like a class assignment, teacher Ben Boruff said. Students have to be brave to put their work out for all to read.
Around 45,000 Indiana students across the state learned with AI tutors last year as part of a state grant to reduce teacher workloads while improving student learning.
The Teacher Prep Academy at the University of Indianapolis wants to draw more young people to teaching to fill open education jobs in the state.
The 2025 IPS Teachers of the Year are Ashley Hogan of Emma Donnan Elementary and Middle School and Linda Thomson of Shortridge High School.
Elementary and special education teachers who don’t teach literacy won’t have to earn a new literacy endorsement required by state law.
Proposed high school diplomas for the class of 2029 will place a greater emphasis on work experience, which some educators say will push students to neglect academic opportunities.
Mock legal and legislative proceedings dispel notions of teen disengagement in Adam Williamson’s class.
The state is requiring all elementary and special education teachers to earn a new endorsement on teaching literacy. Some say that rule’s too broad, among other problems.
Supporters of the statute say it will help students by making sure they learn about a variety of viewpoints. Critics argue it will intimidate professors and make prospective teachers less prepared to run classrooms well.
A bill at the Indiana Statehouse that aims to hold back more students who fail the state’s reading exam, is advancing. Here’s what its impact could be.