The newcomer program, which the district launched in 2016, currently serves 232 students in grades 7-10 who have been in the United States for one year or less and don’t attain a certain score on an English proficiency exam.
Some Washington Township parents want to block an all-girls charter school from opening at a moment when tensions regarding school choice and access to equitable education are fermenting throughout Marion County.
Peanut Montessori acquired the 12,100-square-foot brick building along Broad Ripple Avenue on Monday and plans to move its operations to the property later this year.
Lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve two contentious education bills—one would require school corporations to retain students who fail to pass the IREAD exam and another would push state universities to include more politically diverse instruction.
A revised bill targeting absenteeism would require schools to prohibit habitually truant students from extracurricular activities, and would also impose a penalty on parents who make unproven allegations against teachers.
A mandate to require reading-deficient third graders in Indiana to be held back a year in school withstood challenges from Democrats on Monday—although some Republican lawmakers joined in opposing stricter retention.
One bill has been stripped of language on civics education to instead focus on allowing chaplains in public schools.
EmployIndy, the workforce development organization for Marion County, said the contribution will help the organization sustain and improve it’s youth employment system.
Legislators in Indiana advanced a bill Wednesday that would limit tenure at public colleges and universities, joining conservative lawmakers across the country creating state laws to influence operations on campuses they view as unfriendly or hostile to conservative students and professors.
The administration began sending email notifications on Wednesday to some of the borrowers who will benefit from what the White House has called the SAVE, or Saving on a Valuable Education, program.
The new initiative, which includes both degree and non-degree programs, is designed to meet the needs of working people who want to advance their careers.
Spots are still open for The Business of Basketball, a free clinic that’s part of the NBA’s effort to develop youth interest in basketball.
Latha Ramchand said she hopes to tap the collective wisdom at Indiana University Indianapolis and capitalize on the university’s location and loyal graduates to “groom the next generation of leaders for the city, the state and the region.”
The University of Indianapolis on Thursday said it would use the donation from former banking executive Laura Strain for a major expansion of the Ron and Laura Strain Honors College.
After pushback from a dozen Indiana school districts, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office is making changes to its new “Eyes on Education” portal that publicizes alleged examples of “indoctrination” in Hoosier schools.
The funding includes $150 million from a single donor, marking the largest gift ever given to the university.
Multiple districts indicated they were not made aware of submissions to the public portal—and that many documents are out of date.
Named as a fellow to the Daniels School of Business, former World Bank President David Malpass said the “world would benefit from Purdue’s engagement … in terms of its expertise in business, in semiconductors, in climate science, in engineering.”
Members of the Senate Committee on Education and Career Development advanced a heavily amended bill on Wednesday that in its original form would have referred more students to juvenile court.
The partnership will connect undergraduate students and degree programs from the IU Indianapolis campus with opportunities at Lilly, such as finance, human resources and information technology.
