IPS plan to sell school buildings could create conflict with charters, lawmakers
The district plans to give preference to not-for-profits or government agencies before selling to other buyers.
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Indianapolis school districts see some staffing woes ease in new school year
Bus driver shortages and teaching vacancies worsened in the wake of the pandemic, but some districts say things are now looking up.
Senators introduce college sports bill to standardize NIL rules, regulate collectives
Charlie Baker, president of the Indianapolis-based NCAA, called the legislation “a major step in the right direction.”
After slow start, some Indiana schools begin to hire adjunct teachers
Indiana lawmakers cleared the way last year for school districts to issue their own permits and hire adjunct teachers for hard-to-fill teaching positions.
More Hoosiers opting to unretire
A strong stock market in the first 18 months of the pandemic boosted the retirement earnings of many Americans, helping to spur the “Great Retirement Boom.” Inflation and others factors have since sent some older Americans back to work.
Hoosier borrowers gearing up for restart of student loan payments
Hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers will soon be required to make payments on their federal student loans after a 3-1/2-year pandemic pause—and some of those borrowers are more prepared for that day than others.
Purdue names well-known economist, Fed leader as first dean of Daniels School of Business
Jim Bullard has spent the last 15 years as president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, making him the longest-serving sitting president of a Federal Reserve bank.
ILEARN scores show improvement, but trail pre-pandemic results
Less than a third of Hoosier students passed both the math and English sections of ILEARN, the Indiana Department of Education reported Wednesday.
Biden plan to cut student loan payments could be in for legal battle
Starting this summer, millions of Americans with student loans will be able to enroll in a new repayment plan that offers some of the most lenient terms ever.
Indiana families no longer face textbook fees. Here’s how it will work.
Beginning this school year, after a law passed in the 2023 legislative session, all Indiana schools will be required to stop charging families for curricular materials, including textbooks, iPads, and Chromebooks.
Supreme Court rejects Biden’s plan to cancel $400 billion in student loans
The court held that the administration needs Congress’ endorsement before undertaking so costly a program.
What the Supreme Court ruling on race-conscious admissions means for Indiana students
In Indiana, state leaders and others are already worried about the declining college-going rate, which is especially low for Black and Hispanic and Latino students.
Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions
The decision will force institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
Tuition hikes coming for Indiana public universities, with fewer students going
Indiana’s public colleges and universities are slated to increase tuition and fees over the biennium—up to 4.9% per year—despite pushback from some state lawmakers and budget officials.
New Indiana education dashboard sheds light on student performance, teacher retention
For the first time, the Community Data Snapshot additionally displays academic outcomes and workforce readiness information for Marion County on a school-by-school basis.
‘Unrestricted’ path for students seeking bachelor’s degrees unveiled by Ivy Tech, Purdue Global
Purdue Global and Ivy Tech announced a new program earlier this month focused on some of the roughly 350,000 Indiana adults who have some college credit but haven’t obtained a degree.
Purdue, High Alpha partner on business, startup programs to be housed at Bottleworks
High Alpha’s space in the Bottleworks District will house Purdue executive education programs in the Mitch Daniels School of Business alongside Purdue-connected inventors and entrepreneurs.
Indiana’s new requirements for teaching reading count on prepared teachers
By 2025, new Indiana teachers will be required to demonstrate their proficiency in the science of reading—a term for a wide body of research that emphasizes phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and phonemic awareness in reading instruction.
Indiana high schoolers raise AP scores, but many are still short of passing
Indiana high schoolers increased their Advanced Placement scores to pre-pandemic norms in 2022, according to preliminary data released by the College Board.
Indiana’s school voucher program grew 20% last year
Voucher participation and spending are expected to jump even more this fall after state lawmakers expanded the program to be nearly universal and open to almost all Hoosier families.