Central Indiana district hires law firm to defend bus fee
The Franklin Township board voted 3-2 Monday night to fight a parent lawsuit aimed at forcing the district to restore free school bus service.
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Purdue study: Indiana’s horse industry generates $2B
The study of the horse industry's 2010 impact found racing generates the most revenue, while people who enjoy riding and other horse-related activities for recreation comprise the industry's largest segment.
Kinsey Institute gets archives of pioneering researchers
The William Masters and Virginia Johnson collection includes materials from the 1950s through the 1990s chronicling their sex research.
Indiana voucher memo confuses, concerns districts
A memo that sparked concern among Indiana's school districts by saying they would begin losing funding this month under the state's new private school voucher law was sent "prematurely" a state education official says.
IU unveils $15M donor for biz-school expansion
Bigger and better surroundings for undergrads at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business will be named Hodge Hall, in honor of an alumnus James Hodge, who is giving $15 million for the project.
IPS hopes new high school attracts high-achievers
Christine Collier, the longtime leader of the Center for Inquiry elementary and middle schools, is designing a high school within the Indianapolis Public Schools system that officials hope will draw students who now attend some of the highest-achieving K-8 schools in the IPS system.
Central Indiana district plans to keep school-bus fee
Leaders of the Franklin Township district in suburban Indianapolis say they don't intend to restore free school-bus service unless courts order them to do so.
Christel House eyeing adult charter school
Like Goodwill’s program, it would cater to dropouts.
University education schools inflate grades, critics charge
Nearly four of five students received A’s in Indiana University education classes in 2010-2011, but education deans at IU and other universities say grading is approached differently than in other schools, such as math.
Area school district claims fraud by ex-superintendent
The lawsuit filed in Marion County court by the Wayne Township school district says Terry Thompson deceived school board members into approving more salary and compensation than he knew they would approve in contract negotiations.
Purdue, IU rank high in international students
The Institute of International Education says Purdue University has 7,500 international students at its West Lafayette campus, while Indiana University has 5,400 in Bloomington.
Terre Haute hospital 6th to back Marian med school
Terre Haute’s Union Hospital is investing $100,000 in Marian University’s new College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Lilly Endowment gives $3.5M to Mind Trust
The money is to be used to expand Teach For America and The New Teacher Project, which train new teachers for high-need schools.
Civic leaders urge Ballard to tackle woes facing urban core
Community leaders are coalescing around a three-prong strategy to attract residents and capital to neighborhoods from just outside downtown to the borders of Interstate 465. It’s not yet clear whether all the initiatives will have the full support of Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard.
Indiana attorney general: School bus fees illegal
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller says in a legal opinion that it's unconstitutional for school districts to end free school bus service by turning transportation over to outside agencies.
Indiana voucher program leads to reverse transfers
Indiana's new school voucher law has prompted some parents to pull their children out of private schools and put them in public schools for a year so that they can become eligible for the state-funded program.
Building services staffer endows IUPUI scholarship
Employee’s entire estate will go toward university’s goal of raising $1.3 billion.
Nearly 4,000 students seek private-school vouchers
The program, which gives Hoosier students an average of $4,500 from the state to apply toward private-school tuition, was created this year by the Indiana General Assembly. More than 250 private schools have been approved to accept the vouchers.
Indiana school district that ended bus routes faces lawsuit
An Indianapolis parent is suing Franklin Township schools over its decision to stop running school buses. The district this summer sold its buses to an education cooperative that now charges for transportation.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Marian prez rocks get-it-done mantra
What outrageous promise did Marian University's president make (and then keep) to the school's first football recruits? How does he snare those big donations? How has his urgent mindset paid off? Dan Elsener has answers.