DeLaney vies to unseat incumbent IU trustee
The former chairwoman of the Indiana Democratic Party is running against MaryEllen Kiley Bishop, a former chairwoman of the IU Alumni Association. Both women are Indianapolis attorneys.
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Forty percent of school districts to see no funding increase
Lawmakers overall increased school funding 2 percent next year and 1 percent the following year. But shifts in how that money is awarded mean some districts actually might see decreases.
Fort Wayne schools want 3rd party to review ISTEP
Indiana's largest school district says it won't accept results of this year's standardized testing until an independent third party validates the scores.
Indiana 8th-graders best most nations in math, science
In the same year the Legislature passed a set of sweeping reforms to improve Indiana’s public schools, Indiana’s eighth-graders were scoring No. 7 in the world on an international math test.
Indianapolis education up-and-comers are fierce competitors
Friends' competition for bragging rights lands both on Forbes' 30 Under 30 lists.
Lilly Endowment’s $3.4M grant to bring more teachers to Indy
Indianapolis-based education reform group The Mind Trust will use the grant to help support teacher recruitment and training programs such as Teach for America.
Beleaguered former IU-Kokomo chancellor lands new job
Michael Harris, who resigned from IU-Kokomo on Sept. 19, claimed he was the victim of a smear campaign by school administrators.
Group claims Ball State prof teaching creationism
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a formal objection with university officials over an elective honors class called “Boundaries of Science,” which the foundation maintains teaches religion rather than science.
Purdue makes fast progress on tuition freeze
The school is nearly three-fourths of the way to reaching its goal of $40 million in savings or new revenue.
Herff Jones acquisition to form $1B company
Dallas-based BSN Sports will join the Herff Jones portfolio of companies and continue to operate as its own branded entity. Combined annual revenue is expected to top $1 billion.
National fraternities face more legal risk after court ruling
An Indiana appeals court ruling regarding the death of a Wabash College freshman may force national fraternities to take more responsibility for misconduct at chapter houses.
Ball State: 5 revoked charter schools lose appeals
Ball State University has closed the books on its January decision to pull its sponsorship of seven academically struggling Indiana charter schools.
Michigan doctor named dean of IU School of Medicine
Dr. Jay Hess was picked to become the 10th dean in the school of medicine’s 110-year history and the first dean in the past five to come from outside IU.
Indianapolis schools encounter more ISTEP glitches
Indianapolis students trying to complete standardized tests that already have been delayed by technical issues have encountered more problems.
Ball State president among nation’s highest paid
BSU’s Jo Ann Gora was the fifth-highest-paid public college president in the United States during the 2011-12 academic year, according to a new survey released Monday.
Indiana schools seeing more success with tax hikes
Indiana school districts that won voters' approval last week for the majority of the tax increases they had sought to boost school funding may be becoming more skilled at selling the public on the need for those tax hikes.
‘Pause’ on Common Core leaves teachers in limbo
Lawmakers voted last month to delay full implementation of the academic standards to allow time to study the potential costs of implementing or abandoning the standards and hold public meetings.
IU’s Kelley School of Business getting new dean
Idalene Kesner will be the first woman to lead the school, and one of only a small handful of female business school deans in the United States.
Howe toughest test yet for reformers of troubled city schools
Thomas Carr Howe Community High School, one of four taken over by the state Department of Education, is being remade yet again. And this time it faces a slew of competitors in the education-reform arena.
Lawsuit threatens NCAA’s amateur business model
On June 20, a California federal court will determine if an antitrust lawsuit brought by former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon—who argues he should’ve been paid for the use of his likeness on game broadcasts and in EA Sports video games—can become a class action.