The Learning Experience to build first Indiana location in Fishers
The Florida-based preschool company has planned five central Indiana locations, including new buildings in Noblesville, Westfield, Brownsburg and Greenwood.
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Indiana education group gets $800K chunk of $133M national gift
Communities in Schools of Indiana has received the largest gift in its history as part of a mega-donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
Indiana pre-K students see academic benefits through fourth grade, study shows
A long-term study of the state’s On My Way Pre-K program found its students were better prepared for kindergarten and scored slightly higher on ILEARN than children from similar low-income backgrounds.
Judge rejects effort to block Indiana online school fraud lawsuit
The lawsuit filed by the state Attorney General’s Office in July accused the two online schools of padding their student enrollments and inappropriately paying money to a web of related businesses before they were shut down in 2019.
Ban on transgender athletes advances in Indiana Legislature
The bill would prohibit students who were born male but identify as female from participating in a sport or on an athletic team that is designated for women or girls.
Justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions
A decision against the schools could mean the end of affirmative action in college admissions.
NCAA ratifies new constitution, paving way to restructuring
The vote was overwhelmingly in favor, 801-195, and was the main order of business at the NCAA’s annual convention in Indianapolis.
IU general counsel, VP Simmons terminated without cause
The departure of Jacqueline “Jackie” Simmons follows a high-profile dispute with a faculty member involving a law professor’s allegations that the university violated Indiana’s Open Door Law in its doling out of more than $500,000 in additional pay to the school’s outgoing president.
Indiana education groups mount opposition to curriculum bill
Representatives from the Indiana State Teachers Association, the largest teachers union in the state, joined a coalition of civil rights, faith and public education groups at the Indiana Statehouse on Wednesday to oppose the bill.
‘Whitewashing history’: Indiana teachers fear anti-CRT bill threatens lessons
Some teachers fear they would have to water down or eliminate lessons about important events in history if the state passes sweeping new regulations on how they may address race and racism.
IBJ Podcast: How the sale of Christel DeHaan’s estate could expand her legacy
Host Mason King talks to the real estate agent who has listed Christel DeHaan’s estate for $14 million, in addition to Christel House International CEO Bart Peterson and Christel DeHaan Family Foundation President Mark Willis about the impact of a sale.
Indiana Senate abandons contentious school curriculum bill
The Indiana Senate will not consider contentious Republican-backed legislation that supporters say would have increased parental control over what their kids learn but that teachers and other critics say would have amounted to censorship.
Marion County schools ‘desperate’ to stay open as staff COVID cases hit record highs
At least four of 11 Marion County school districts are buckling under the weight of quarantines as staff absences force a return to remote learning.
Indiana teachers push back against school curriculum bills
A controversial Indiana bill that Republican lawmakers contend would increase transparency around school curricula has drawn opposition from dozens of teachers who testified Monday at the Statehouse that the legislation would censor classroom instruction.
Several accused in Indiana school fraud want suit dismissed
Several people and companies linked with two now-closed Indiana online charter schools have asked a judge to dismiss claims against them in a lawsuit alleging a fraud scheme that cost the state more than $150 million.
AG Rokita sues Biden administration over preschool masks, vaccine mandates
Indiana and 23 other states filed the suit to stop rules that require students as young as 2 years old to wear masks if they attend a preschool program funded by Head Start.
Indianapolis schools get boost from $30M federal neighborhood grant
Announced Tuesday, the $30 million Promise Neighborhood grant will boost local efforts in the Near Eastside and Martindale-Brightwood communities to address poverty and improve education and community support systems.
Q&A with Erica Scott, founder of Fly Kids Read
Scott founded Fly Kids Read in Indianapolis in December 2020 as a not-for-profit to collect books with diverse characters and topics to donate to places such as schools, community centers and hospitals around Indianapolis and the state.
Indiana schools got $3B for COVID relief, but information on spending often hard to find
Policymakers say that without clear information from school districts, it is hard for the public to know if the money is benefiting students.
Indiana should lift law requiring yellow buses, charter group says
The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based charter advocacy group, highlighted in a new report how the yellow-bus requirement creates a costly burden for charter schools in particular.