IU-led team gets $2.4M grant for Greenland study
A team led by an Indiana University scientist has won a $2.4 million NASA grant for research that could help the space agency search for life elsewhere in the solar system.
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IPS cuts 350 teaching jobs
Indianapolis Public Schools blame the move on declining enrollment and state funding cuts.
Schools weigh options after voters nix tax hikes
School districts across the state continue to struggle in their attempts to win voter approval for operating money or building projects, which a researcher attributes to continued worries about the economy.
Reform law gives charters leeway to hire unlicensed teachers
Legislation that expands charter schools in Indiana also could increase the number of teachers at those schools without licenses, making it easier for educators like Eric Nentrup to take non-traditional paths to the classroom.
Legislating pay: Description of Senate Bill 1
Senate Bill 1, which takes effect July 1, will make teacher pay far more complex. To determine a teacher’s annual pay increase, school districts now can count experience and education as no more than 33 percent of the compensation equation.
New laws hang teacher pay on performance
Charters and vouchers may have sparked the loudest education-related protests before the Legislature this year, but changes to teacher evaluations are likely to have the biggest impact on Indiana’s public schools.
Event promoter Compton teams with high schools to raise money
Proceeds from tribute-band concerts go to athletic programs, music departments and other school offerings that have lost funding.
Daniels signs school voucher plan into law
Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels has signed into law a plan giving Indiana the nation's most sweeping private school voucher program.
Eli Lilly pledges $2.5 million to Mind Trust
Eli Lilly and Co. plans to give $2.5 million toward a new fundraising campaign by the Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based education reform group.
Justice Department to NCAA: Why no football playoff?
The U.S. Justice Department says there are "serious questions" about whether the current format of the college football playoff system complies with antitrust laws.
Law firms inch back toward hiring mode
Improved economy boosts prospects, modestly, for new grads.
Perry Township referendums pass, others fail
Voters in the Metropolitan School District of Perry Township passed two referendums for increased school funding Tuesday night, but similar votes in Franklin Township and Avon failed.
Donation to spur community service at UIndy
The gift will fund the endowed faculty position of Distinguished Professor of Service Learning, a person whose job will including helping to spur more students perform community service work.
School moving to vacant downtown building
A small private school that serves gifted and talented students intends to move to a downtown building that has been vacant since a daycare center moved out three years ago.
Districts: Full-day kindergarten funds not enough
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to allocate $47 million for full-day kindergarten in districts that don't offer it isn't likely to be enough to make that vision a reality, some districts say.
Bills that passed, failed in this year’s General Assembly
A look at some major legislation considered this year by the Indiana General Assembly.
Should the mayor have control of Indianapolis’ public schools?
A group of local power brokers is quietly assembling a plan that would transfer control of Indianapolis Public Schools to the mayor.
Indiana University Center on Philanthropy adding endowed faculty chairs
Forecasts of big growth in executive employment at not-for-profits drives plan to create between seven and 10 endowed faculty chairs.
Simon academies shopping for higher profile
The Simon Youth Foundation is looking to become a leading national advocate of alternative education. With a new president, J. Michael Durnil, the foundation hopes to raise more money, find more partners in the business community, and help the public better understand its mission.
Nation’s broadest voucher plan passes final hurdle
The Indiana House voted 55-43 to give final approval to a bill creating the controversial voucher program. It would allow even middle-class families to use taxpayer money to send their children to private schools.