Endowment to fund homework hotline through 2020
The statewide hotline run by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology also will begin collecting information from tutoring sessions to help identify students’ knowledge gaps.
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Holcomb: Flailing online schools need ‘immediate attention and action’
The governor called the performance of one of the biggest online schools, Indiana Virtual, “unsatisfactory.” It has received more than $20 million in state funding while graduating about 61 students.
Parents, educators object to new high school graduation plan
Indiana education officials are set to vote on a plan that would overhaul the state’s high school graduation requirements. On Tuesday, many educators and parents from across the state spoke out strongly against it.
McCormick’s legislative wish list: Diploma fixes, mandatory kindergarten
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick laid out her agenda for the upcoming year on Tuesday, listing priorities ahead of the next General Assembly.
IPS board gives superintendent Ferebee raise, bonus
Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis Ferebee is getting a $4,701 raise and a bonus of $28,000.
IPS elementary schools could be restarted with new staff
If the school board votes to restart the two schools, the current principals and teachers would be removed, and a charter operator or nonprofit will be brought in to run them.
New IPS contract offers raises for most teachers
Raises will range from $400 per year for experienced teachers to nearly $2,400 per year for teachers in their third year.
Indiana officials close records on troubled school district
The decision to withhold the information comes as the public prepares to comment on whether the state should take control of the financially struggling Muncie Community Schools.
Firm that makes plagiarism-detection software gets boost from Indy entrepreneur
Ray Henderson, who operates the boutique advisory firm Lessons Learned Ventures LLC, said he has joined the board of VeriCite as chairman with plans to “build the business in Indiana.”
Indiana panel recommends changes to graduation requirements
An Indiana panel working to create new graduation guidelines for the state's high schools has recommended getting rid of the graduation qualifying exam requirement.
Holcomb’s agenda for 2018 targets workforce issues, education, opioids
Gov. Eric Holcomb said there would be “no more stove-pipe approach,” referring to criticisms by some legislative leaders that the workforce development system is convoluted and divided into isolated silos.
Online school receives millions from state despite poor performance, unconventional spending
Indiana Virtual School has attracted thousands of students but graduated very few. A Chalkbeat Indiana investigation found the school’s founder hired his own company to manage the school, for which it received millions of dollars.
State board member resigns as leader of online charter schools
Byron Ernest worked for K12 Inc., one of the nation’s largest online school providers. Hoosier Academies contracts with K12 to manage its schools.
His 3D-printing summer camps failed, but this tech veteran still thinks kids need to tinker
Kim Brand’s venture into the 3D-printing world has led him deep into the education world, and he has some strong opinions about how it works and what it needs.
Google to launch 6-city tour in Indy for improving digital skills
The “Grow with Google” tour will offer free workshops and one-on-one coaching for job seekers, students, teachers and entrepreneurs.
Losing bidder says conflict should disqualify vendor picked for ILEARN
Indiana was set to move ahead with a new company to create a test to replace ISTEP, but a rejected competitor threw a wrench into the process.
Indiana’s A-F rules create system that benefits innovation schools
Innovation schools are receiving higher marks in general because Indiana lawmakers decided to judge those schools by a more generous yardstick than others. But the two-tiered system could be short-lived.
State officials give top ratings to more Indiana schools
Compared to 2016, almost a quarter of schools improved by one or more letter grades in 2017, and about the same number saw grades drop. More than half of schools ended up with the same grade.
UPDATE: Vendor wins $43M contract for Indiana’s ISTEP replacement
State officials have approved a three-year contract with the Washington, D.C.-based American Institutes for Research, picking it over four other bidders.
Lilly Endowments gives $26M to help school counseling efforts
Lilly said 30 of Indiana’s 92 counties will benefit from the grants, which range from $68,312 to $2.87 million each. Schools in Marion, Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks and Shelby counties were among the recipients.