SULLIVAN: Odds for education reform are better
If there were a full public accounting of our education system’s failure, inadequacy and resulting costs, there would be widespread outrage.
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MEREDITH: Legislators must ask right questions about education
Indiana politicians clearly are divided on the “silver bullet” that will reform schools, but in reality, there is no simple solution to such a complicated issue.
HARRIS: Improved charter laws would lure top operators
Education reform promises to be central in the upcoming legislative session and many important reforms are on the agenda.
WRIGHT: Schoolchildren need better advocates
The Legislature needs to fix two systemic problems causing Indiana’s public schools to fall behind and cost too much.
Three-quarters of state high schools miss standards
Indiana’s top education official says the latest performance statistics show schools are failing students once they reach high school.
GOP control brings new life to education issues
Election night victories for Indiana Republicans have paved the way for a major education overhaul that could affect thousands of students, teachers and parents and fundamentally change the way schools work in Indiana.
It may be do or die for Indianapolis charter school
Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) College Preparatory School faces its seventh—and final—review this year, one that could determine its survival.
How hard is it to fire a teacher, really?
Red tape involved in firing teachers is thick. But risk-averse administrators may be the bigger problem.
United Way hires public policy chief to focus on education issues
The position at United Way of Central Indiana had been vacant because of budget issues.
Daniels hoping GOP victory will pave way for education reform
Gov. Mitch Daniels and public schools chief Tony Bennett have major legislative changes they want to make to implement their education reform ideas—but to do it they need their Republican Party to regain control of the Indiana House of Representatives.
UIndy to manage teacher bonus pay program at 44 schools
The University of Indianapolis has been selected to manage a $32.7 million effort to improve schools through teacher-improvement programs and performance-based bonuses.
Local school district gets $12M magnet school grant
The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township Schools is the only school system in Indiana and one of just 36 nationwide receiving the grants from the U.S. Department of Education.
EDITORIAL: State education chief’s agenda gets good grades
Tony Bennett, the state’s superintendent of public instruction for nearly two years, deserves accolades for shoving
education reform toward the top of Indiana’s agenda.