The problems at Tindley Accelerated Schools didn’t go away when Chancellor Marcus Robinson resigned. If anything, the change served only to highlight the challenges still facing the once-lauded charter school system.
Medical malpractice victims would be able to receive more compensation under a bill passed on Monday by an Indiana House committee
A House Education committee on Monday advanced a contentious proposal to give Indiana school districts authority to negotiate higher pay with individual teachers.
The new contract increases Ferebee’s potential pay to $287,000 a year and extends his contract until 2019.
One proposal that would give school districts authority to negotiate higher pay with individual teachers faces an uncertain fate after the Republican Senate leader pronounced it dead Thursday. Another measure is still alive in the House.
Despite school choice options and other efforts to recruit families, the state’s second-largest district expects to lose 968 students next year.
Five new members have joined the seven-member Indiana charter school board over the past year. The board is set to craft a new long-term strategic plan it hopes to put in place starting in 2017.
A measure passed on a 38-10 vote would create a 22-member panel to "study alternatives to the ISTEP" and "make recommendations for replacing" the test.
Pass Whiz, the app created by 17-year-old Zack Baker, allows students to request a pass to leave the classroom which teachers can approve or deny by tapping a button.
Many school district administrators and Indiana's teachers unions are arguing against a legislative proposal that would give districts the authority to negotiate higher pay with individual teachers.
The chairman of Indiana's Democratic Party called Thursday for the firing of a State Board of Education official who altered a report that detailed a so-called independent investigation into the ISTEP exam.
A review of documents showed a top education official made significant alterations to a report that detailed a so-called independent investigation into the unpopular standardized ISTEP+ exam for students.
The proposals for the highly visible, 11-acre site suggest a host of office, retail and housing options, with two calling for a boutique-style hotel.
A report summarizing what was billed as an independent investigation into Indiana's new, unpopular standardized student exam includes edits and suggested changes by a state administrator hired by Gov. Mike Pence's State Board of Education.
A handful of parents and educators spoke out against a proposed raise for Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis Ferebee at school board hearing Tuesday night, calling on the district to spend the money on other needs.
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz made it clear Tuesday that she won’t support legislative efforts to expand taxpayer-funded vouchers for private schools.
During a court hearing on whether Kyle Cox should be released from jail pending trial, prosecutors presented text messages between Cox and some students at Park Tudor in Indianapolis.
Robinson had served at Tindley for 12 years and helped grow it from one school to six schools. But more recently, he had been under fire for using a company credit card to pay for top-tier hotels and first-class flights.
A letter to parents said the school has assembled a “team of attorneys” to represent it “in this matter moving forward.”
An Indiana University law professor said the school’s delay in turning over evidence in the investigation of former basketball coach Kyle Cox was troubling from a moral and ethical standpoint.
