After Kentucky test drive, Eleven Fifty mulls bigger expansion
Eleven Fifty Academy is wrapping up a program in Kentucky that involves teaching former coal miners how to code. Its president is considering replicating the classes elsewhere.
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Lawmaker who called for ISTEP’s death now calling to extend its life
Rep. Bob Behning, who championed the so-called “kill ISTEP” bill last spring, said the state might extend its contract with the company that made this year’s ISTEP by another one or two years.
Indiana senators worry about cost of expanding preschool
Although Indiana’s House leadership has already come out strongly in support of expanding the state’s preschool program, key players in the Senate said Wednesday that they remain skeptical about added costs.
GOP leaders says some type of tax hike needed for Indiana roads
Incoming Gov. Eric Holcomb has said he wants to develop an infrastructure plan that could cover the next 20 years. But he has yet to weigh in on specifics and hasn't indicated his stance on a tax increase.
Court revives claims in concussion suit against NCAA, Notre Dame
A state appeals court has ruled that the widow of a former Notre Dame football player can proceed with claims in a lawsuit that said her husband was disabled by and ultimately died from concussion-related head injuries suffered during his college career.
F-rated Indiana schools increase under new grading system
The number of Indiana schools that received failing marks roughly doubled, to 130, this year, while the number receiving A grades fell by half.
Three IPS schools put on notice: schools could be ‘restarted,’ teachers made to reapply
The three schools were all named Monday by the district as candidates for conversion to “innovation” status following years of low test scores.
Tech entrepreneur Don Brown donating $30M to IU School of Medicine
The gift is the largest to the IU School of Medicine by an alumnus. The medical school will use the money to establish the Brown Center for Immunotherapy to fight some of the world’s toughest diseases.
Lilly Endowment awards $1.2M for teaching fellowships
One hundred teachers throughout the state—including 44 recipients from the Indianapolis area—have been chosen to receive grants from Lilly Endowment Inc. as part of the Teacher Creativity Fellowship.
ISTA reboots after rough election
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz’s re-election loss in November was a big setback for the Indiana State Teachers Association, leading some observers to wonder how much clout the organization still holds.
Holcomb taps IEDC’s Schellinger for secretary of commerce
Jim Schellinger, a former Democratic candidate for governor, became president last year of the Indiana Economic Development Corp. In accepting the new position, he will retire from CSO Architects, where he had served as CEO, and sell his ownership stake.
Teachers could grade ISTEP replacement test under proposal
An Indiana lawmaker has proposed having teachers grade the state's new standardized test as major decisions for the replacement of the current ISTEP exams loom.
USA Funds to shed role as student loan guarantor
The Fishers-based not-for-profit announced Wednesday that it will transfer ownership of two affiliates—United Student Aid Funds and Northwest Education Loan Association—to Madison, Wisconsin-based Great Lakes Higher Education Corp. on Jan. 1.
IU treasurer: School could operate at net loss by 2020
Indiana University is on a trajectory to be operating at a net loss of about $70 million by 2021, the school's treasurer told the board of trustees.
Purdue University employees in flux amid overtime suspension
Purdue University will hold off on raising employees' salaries and changing job classifications in the wake of a last-minute suspension on a federal rule that would have expanded the pool of workers eligible for overtime pay.
Unemployment sinks to 4.6 percent as U.S. adds 178,000 jobs
The unemployment rate hit a nine-year low in November, although mainly because many people stopped looking for jobs and were no longer counted as unemployed.
Realignment at IPFW campus one step closer with trustee OK
Indiana University trustees have voted to approve splitting the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne campus.
ITT’s bankruptcy fallout includes warehouse of paperwork
Hundreds of boxes of potentially important records are being stored as part of the ITT Educational Services bankruptcy. Among them are legal documents, loan information, Social Security numbers and other personal data.
State panel backs shorter ISTEP exams without saying how
The educator-dominated panel voted 21-2 in favor of recommendations to state legislators that include moving the testing period from its current March and April times into a single time span in May.
Indiana officials consider sparing schools from penalties
Indiana officials are considering whether schools should be spared for a second year from penalties based on poor student scores on the state's ISTEP standardized test.