An agreement with federal prosecutors revealed Tuesday spares the private, north-side school from prosecution for failing late last year to accurately and promptly report an inappropriate relationship between the school’s former basketball coach and a 15-year-old female student.
The group is seeking to raise $32 million to fund the first half of its plan, which aims to double the number of students within Indianapolis Public Schools boundaries who attend highly rated schools.
Members of a state panel criticized by Indiana superintendents for being slow in rolling out a replacement for the ISTEP student test said they expect to forward a detailed proposal to lawmakers by the December deadline.
Supporters saw her as an energetic leader who wouldn’t buckle to the establishment. Opponents saw her as nothing more than a a one-hit wonder.
Purdue University is renaming its School of Chemical Engineering after an alumnus and his wife who donated $20 million to the school.
Sam Odle’s loss was a significant upset for the current administration. A former top executive at Indiana University Health, Odle won his seat with a wave of reformers in 2012.
Voters in Washington Township in Marion County and in Westfield Washington Schools in Hamilton County on Tuesday approved referendums to increase school funding.
LaNier Echols’ decision to quit could shake up an already contentious race for control of the IPS board. With 10 candidates vying for four seats on the seven-member board on Tuesday, the balance of power is at stake in the election even without Echols’ seat.
Marian University hopes to attract high-achieving students to its education program by sweetening the pot for those who earn a new state scholarship aimed at retaining teachers in Indiana.
Ivy Tech Community College’s new president, Sue Ellspermann, might have just given the school a much-needed political reboot.
Marian University is facing a lawsuit alleging the school acted with deliberate indifference while one of its professors sexually harassed a male student.
A big influx of money is shaking up a school board race in Indianapolis, with tens of thousands of dollars coming from out-of-state school reform advocates.
Drawing on her own life experiences and diverse employment history, Ivy Tech Community College President Sue Ellspermann shared her story with about 20 students during a Student Success class focused on career exploration.
The National Science Foundation awarded the grant to IUPUI, which will work with Indiana University, Ball State University and other institutions.
After two years of Indiana schools fretting about whether there are enough teachers to fill every classroom, the state is now seeing an uptick in the number of people becoming teachers.
Of its inaugural class of 2016, just three of 13 people who took the bar exam in Indiana and another state passed.
Ace Preparatory Academy, started by an aide to former Indiana schools superintendent Tony Bennett, is at about 22 percent of its initial expected enrollment, with just 33 students as of Oct. 19.
Restrictions put in place over the past few years on how much school districts can collect from property taxes mean districts have to more frequently ask voters through referendums to pay more in taxes to support schools.
Indiana superintendents are blasting a state panel for being slow in choosing a replacement for the ISTEP student test, saying more delays will put students at risk.
The Knight Commission, a watchdog group that promotes reforms in college athletics, said it applauded the NCAA’s decision to reward academic performance with revenue. The commission first called for a similar policy 15 years ago.
