Corporate America talking about immigration more than ever
Mentions of “immigration” on earnings calls from S&P 1500 companies have surged to a record high during the first quarter.
Education & Workforce Development
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IBJ Podcast: Tech founder on building teams, loving pivots, fostering startup hustle in high schools
Scott Lingle, the co-founder of fast-growing Remodel Health, took a big leap at an age when most folks are getting more conservative. Now he’s helping hundreds of local high schoolers learn to launch businesses.
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Q&A with Michael Collins: An unconventional path to a high-tech career
“I’ve had many mentors at this point—well-established engineers and professionals—and they have helped me learn a lot. And I think a lot of the things that I’ve learned from them are a lot more applicable than some of the things I would have had to learn in school.”
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Purdue unveils first plans for $187M Academic Success Building in Indianapolis
Purdue University’s new multi-use building planned for the northwest corner of Michigan and West streets in Indianapolis is expected to rise 15 stories and open in 2027.
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IPS enrollment falls by hundreds, with decline especially large at middle schools
The decline of roughly 800 students since last school year was driven almost entirely by falling middle school enrollment.
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Rokita weighs in on federal education moves, Indiana immigration bill
The Indiana attorney general told Hoosiers that the important funding streams that help Indiana’s low-income and special needs students will still exist and be handled by other agencies.
Indiana leaders support Trump moves to shut down Department of Education
Indiana leaders this week welcomed an order from President Donald Trump intended to close the U.S. Department of Education, saying it will give the state more control over education and greater flexibility to spend federal funds.
Indianapolis teachers union wants freeze on new charter contracts, but some parents disagree
The Indianapolis Education Association delivered a petition to the school board on Thursday to enact a moratorium on any new agreements with charter schools.
IPS board passes $472M operating budget amid uncertainty over state funding
The district’s finances face heightened uncertainty as Indiana lawmakers advance bills that cap property tax revenue and require IPS to share local property tax revenue with charter schools.
Trump—with Indiana Gov. Braun on hand—orders plan to dismantle the Education Department
Braun tweeted that he supports “President Trump’s bold action to return education to where it belongs and to put parents in the driver’s seat of their children’s education.”
Trump to call for shutdown of U.S. Education Department
President Trump has derided the Department of Education as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, finalizing its dismantling is likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979.
Purdue acquires Indiana Avenue property for campus needs
Purdue University in Indianapolis is continuing to add to its downtown footprint, spending $4.5 million to acquire another property for its growing city campus.
Funding requests for high-ability students, public schools dominate subcommittee budget talks
Advocates for Indiana’s high-ability students descended on the Indiana Statehouse on Monday to make their case for continued funding in the next state budget.
State workforce development leader steps down
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development’s general counsel will lead the agency for now.
Some universities freezing hiring, laying off staff amid federal funding cuts
Over the last two weeks, more than a dozen institutions have announced limits on hiring for faculty and staff positions and other measures to tighten purse strings.
Education Department, with mass layoff, cuts nearly half of its staff
The staff reductions announced Tuesday were the largest in department history and of a magnitude rarely contemplated before this administration took office.
Virtual school funding in Indiana expected to spike
The two-year budget approved by Indiana House lawmakers and now moving through the Senate would increase per-student base funding for some virtual public schools by as much as 50%
Christel House launches first major expansion since DeHaan’s death
Over the next two decades, the organization plans to add at least 9,100 students to its K-12 schools worldwide, more than doubling the 6,440 students and recent graduates still being mentored at nine schools in five nations now.
Indiana House takes its turn on property tax discussions
School officials and advocates, in particular, denounced the dual legislation considered Wednesday because of the possible the double-whammy hit to budgets.
Witnesses accuse school board candidates of ‘hiding’ political affiliations
About 40 witnesses from across the state—including more than a dozen embroiled in contentious Hamilton County elections—weighed in Wednesday on legislation that calls for upending Indiana’s nonpartisan school board system.
Lumina Foundation sets new goal for higher education achievement
The new goal is about measuring—and working to increase—the economic value of post-secondary education.
New data sheds light on Indiana schools likely most affected by impending cuts to financial aid
A proposal to shrink thousands of financial aid grants is likely to cut deepest at some of the state’s largest universities.
Education Department softens controversial guidance on race and schools
A new question-and-answer document, posted online late Friday, clearly states that by law the federal government cannot dictate curriculum.
Former CEO of Tindley charter schools admits to defrauding network of nearly $1M
Brian Metcalf, who led the charter network from July 2019 through December 2022, pleaded guilty to two of the nine counts of wire fraud outlined in an indictment filed in 2023.