The Indiana Department of Education is paying more than $680,000 to The MindTrust, a locally based not-for-profit, to develop other ways to oversee troubled schools than the traditional elected school board.
After a nearly year-long search, Indianapolis seminary taps University of Chicago and Harvard Divinity School grad as new leader.
Corporations staged advances across a variety of industries in 2010 as the economy improved.
John Reed resigned as head of Medora Community School because he doesn't think the small district can afford a full-time superintendent any more.
Hoosier schools chief Tony Bennett is embracing the role of pitchman as the Department of Education makes the changes he campaigned so hard for over the last few years real.
A $13.5 million center aimed at training workers to fill manufacturing jobs that are growing steadily more complex is opening in central Indiana.
Even after 45 seniors from Indianapolis Metropolitan High School grabbed their diplomas and threw their mortar boards at a June 4 commencement, they knew they wouldn’t lose touch with their school. It’s not allowed at Indy Met.
Manufacturers and distributors often avoid existing training programs.
Rate of return on early childhood education is much greater than spending in later years of school, research shows.
The state is moving to adopt a system that ensures more high school graduates can perform in college or on the job.
Parents, schools need time to sift details, experts say.
But Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard also reiterated his opposition to mayoral control over all of IPS, which some local leaders have pushed for recently. He called that idea “premature.”
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced Tuesday that he has appointed hotel developer Bruce White and Purdue student Miranda McCormack to Purdue University's Board of Trustees.
More than 100 students, their families and activists rallied on the Statehouse lawn Tuesday against new members Daniels picked to serve on the Indiana School for the Deaf's board.
For-profit university Strayer Education Inc. has opened a campus in Indianapolis, aiming to reach adult learners. The Virginia-based company has leased 20,000 square feet at 9025 N. River Road.
American College of Education, once affiliated with DePaul University, is moving its main campus from Chicago to Indianapolis and expects to create up to 40 jobs by 2014. Hiring will begin once the move is complete in August.
Monday's Supreme Court decision is a victory for companies that collaborate with universities in research. Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. was among the companies that supported Roche.
Rising concerns about cheating on Indiana's standardized tests have prompted the state Department of Education to keep closer tabs on how the test is administered.
Supporters of Indiana's public universities say if state lawmakers continue to reduce state funding for higher education, colleges will keep raising tuition and fees.
The hard truth is that all the jobs lost in the economy that will return already have. So what will become of those who lost jobs to the recession for which none await them now? The prognosis is none too optimistic.
