Some board members said the state didn’t cut enough, especially in the earliest grades.
The law does not restrict the number of waivers districts can grant to graduating students. But it does restrict the percentage of waiver students they can count toward their reported graduation rates, beginning with the 2023-24 school year.
Backers of the law say it will help protect children from pornography and gives the public more power to ensure school districts are acting appropriately.
Nathan Tuttle says the school discriminated against him as a gay man with a Black child.
Indiana has joined several other states in passing laws that require schools to use curriculum materials that stress phonics when teaching students to read. The state is putting over $100 million behind the effort.
The new law — a priority for GOP lawmakers at the start of the 2023 legislative session — creates Career Scholarship Accounts to pay for internships and apprenticeships with local employers for students in grades 10-12.
Hope Academyis celebrating its 17th graduating class since opening in 2006 as the state’s first recovery high school.
Indianapolis Public Schools’ Teachers of the Year reflect on teaching, equity, and hands-on learning
The two Teachers of the Year can choose to compete in the statewide Teacher of the Year competition run by the Indiana Department of Education.
School districts in four counties will have to share increases in property tax revenues with charters, among other changes to Indiana’s education funding laws this year.
The Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired will temporarily occupy two buildings.
Nikia Garland has applied for several grants to enhance the learning experience of her students. Her latest fellowship will bring her to Norway.
Higher education leaders and advocates for the laws stressed that finances are a barrier for students, especially when they don’t know what aid’s available to them.
We’re preparing young people for the past, and students feel the disconnect.
Multiple Republican-led states have created or expanded private school choice this year.
Morgan joined IPS as the district’s chief academic officer in the midst of the pandemic.
The new principals will plan for academic program changes at their schools slated for 2024-25, while “district administrators at large” perform day-to-day tasks.
The three Marion County school districts hope to use the referendum funding for staff, buildings, and some initiatives started with federal coronavirus relief funding.
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Valor Classical Academy’s plans for a Marion County location ran into opposition from critics concerned about the charter school’s curriculum and political affiliations.
Top GOP lawmaker suggests his colleagues must find ‘the right bill’ to advance the proposal.
The ballot measure would pay for upgrades and repairs at 23 schools in IPS.
Warren Morgan was also a finalist in the New Haven Public Schools superintendent search that ended this week.
The new law has some exceptions and an expiration date of 10 years, but Indiana officials hope it encourages more students to at least consider higher education.
Indiana administrative code recommends a ratio of one registered nurse for every 750 students. Many school districts, however, can’t meet that ratio.
Students discussed their constant worries about gun violence and the disconnect they feel from those welcoming the NRA to town.
Indianapolis neighborhood calls for a community-run school after years of instability and discontent
The Butler-Tarkington Education Committee wants a neighborhood advisory committee to jointly run School 43, among other changes.
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.
Hillsdale-affiliated charter school wants to open in Indianapolis but faces opposition.
The school will also get a two-story, 81,000-square-foot addition if voters approve the tax increase.
The updated version of the proposal says parents only need to be notified, but don’t need to approve of student name and pronoun changes.
Librarians and others worry the legal change could lead to a chilling effect on what schools and public libraries offer to children.
Republicans are seeking funding parity for charter schools, which cannot raise their own property tax revenue. But some worry the move would come at the expense of traditional public schools.
Since IPS created ‘restart’ schools in 2015, the district has replaced two charter operators and a third school has closed.
Voters living within the IPS, Speedway, and Warren Township school districts will consider school tax measures in the May primary election.
Innovation schools, which are autonomous schools mostly run by charter operators, have the biggest slice of the district’s budget for next year.
District leaders say the repairs and improvements will make schools safer and more welcoming for students.
Concerns about reading test scores are driving grants, legislation, and other efforts to improve classroom instruction.
Legislation to auto-enroll eligible students in 21st Century Scholars would mean spending less time trying to enroll students and more time on their success, officials say.
The Near Eastside Innovation School Corporation, which will run School 14, also runs Thomas Gregg School 15 as an autonomous Innovation school.
The Rebuilding Stronger plan had been in limbo after the school board delayed a vote to ask voters for $413.6 million in new taxes in May.
Schools would have to inform parents if a student requests to change their name or pronouns for any reason under the bill.
The administrative change follows a difficult few years for North Central High School, which faced a federal lawsuit alleging predatory grooming behavior and psychological abuse by the school’s former theater director.