Indiana legislators are advancing bills banning food additives and phones from schools.
The legislation would require the state’s public colleges and universities to consider scores from the CLT as an alternative to SAT or ACT results.
The graduation rates for the district’s Black and Hispanic students have also risen above statewide figures.
Indiana legislators are advancing bills banning food additives and phones from schools.
The legislation would require the state’s public colleges and universities to consider scores from the CLT as an alternative to SAT or ACT results.
The graduation rates for the district’s Black and Hispanic students have also risen above statewide figures.
The proposed Indianapolis Public Education Corporation would have until 2028 to figure out how to manage school transportation and buildings, but its precise power over school closures is still unclear.
The declines could set up financial challenges for both sectors as Indianapolis schools face a potential revamp.
If Impink is elected, the remaining IPS school board members would need to appoint someone to fill the role of District 4 commissioner.
The charter school has more than tripled its enrollment since launching in IPS School 44 in 2016.
The high-impact tutoring program gives tutors evidence-based skills and helps them build relationships with students. Nearly $10 million in grant funding will create more regional hubs for the model.
The district has rescinded a resolution about undocumented students that it adopted 2017, as well as another one in 2025.
Speakers overwhelmingly rejected a recommendation that would dilute the power of the elected Indianapolis Public Schools board in favor of a 9-member board appointed by the mayor.
The proposal addresses how facilities and transportation will be run and how property taxes will be distributed.
Separate proposals would also restrict phones in schools and allow parents to set stronger filters on school-issued devices.
State lawmakers will consider creating a new agency to oversee IPS schools and charters. Here’s a look at the history and powerful advocates behind that push for unified control over city schools.
The ILEA’s recommendations are heading to lawmakers, who see the potential to replicate many of them throughout the state but could be skeptical of giving mayors more power.
The 8-1 vote on the recommendations came amid increasing public pressure to retain the power of the elected school board over district buildings and transportation.
In a statement, the board said the move would be a ‘step toward unparalleled local accountability.’
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The day before the ILEA votes on final recommendations to send to lawmakers, the mayor and superintendent announced five things they want to see in the final draft. But a plan for who oversees schools didn’t make their list.
The lawsuit claims that district policies supporting undocumented students violate state law.
The two proposals favored by the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance would dilute the power of the elected school board.
Once recommendations from the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance are finalized, they’ll head to state lawmakers.
Supporters of both charter and traditional schools worry a new governance structure would create more bureaucracy and fail to address academic issues.
The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance could make specific recommendations for key issues like funding, transportation, and the growth of public schools — or it could let state lawmakers fill in the blanks.
Charter school leaders have expressed support for some parts of recommendations advanced by the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance.
New bills proposed by Indiana lawmakers would make the state’s existing cellphone ban in schools even stricter.
The ILEA will select its final recommendations for changing how local public schools are run to state lawmakers in a Dec. 17 vote.
The endowment is waiting to approve a grant request from Indianapolis Public Schools until the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance finalizes its recommendations for the district.
The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance is meeting Dec. 3 to start narrowing down recommendations for changing who runs schools.
The 4 governance options unveiled at the group’s recent meeting range from a fully elected IPS school board to a fully appointed one.
Of the options that the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance could recommend, 3 of the 4 would shift power away from the current elected school board.
Left-wing political coalitions have typically supported elected school boards. Yet as districts face new existential threats, progressive mayors are testing that and other assumptions.
Proposed governance changes from the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance range from an elected IPS board that oversees both district and charter schools to an IPS board fully appointed by the mayor.
The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance has presented a slew of potential solutions for how to share school transportation and buildings. But a larger question looms: Who should govern charter and district schools?
Redistricting has dominated headlines and lawmakers’ time. But deregulation and the future of IPS may be in the cards in 2026.
Board members have floated the idea as a potential way to right-size the district, but have stressed they would not act on it without community input.
The new 2025-27 teacher contract bumps the minimum starting salary to $54,800.
The $1,000 grants allow qualifying students to get tutoring from approved vendors.