Indiana poised to become No. 1 state for school vouchers
The pro-voucher Institute for Quality Education reported last week that 32,955 students applied to use vouchers this year, which would be a gain of more than 3,800, or about 13 percent.
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After outcry, Indiana’s ISTEP test length to be cut
Indiana's much-maligned standardized student test will likely be hours shorter in length when more than 400,000 students take it next year.
Funding challenges loom over education-reform groups
Education reform groups are struggling to raise money locally, even as Indiana is recognized as one of the friendliest in the nation for school reform ideas.
Ritz names panel that will study decline in teacher licenses
Ritz said Thursday she and Dr. Maryann Santos de Barona, dean of Purdue University's College of Education, will co-chair the 49-member commission that includes educators and lawmakers.
UPDATE: Rules on Indiana A-F school grades called into doubt
The Indiana Department of Education is reviewing whether A-F performance grades to schools could be canceled this year because regulations on setting those grades have expired.
Perceived teacher shortage may be different problem, educators say
In Indiana, as in many other places, the problem isn’t the number of certified teachers, but a mismatch between candidates and available jobs. And the situation isn’t as bad or out of the ordinary as recent media coverage has suggested, educators say.
IPS approves pay raises for teachers, new strategic plan
Jubilant Indianapolis Public School Board members on Thursday night hailed an aggressive strategic plan and $12 million in pay raises for teachers as a potential turning point for the city’s schools.
IPS to hire top aide of embattled former Chicago schools chief
Pending school board approval, Rhonda Corr-Saegert will make $130,000 per year as an academic improvement officer.
IPS board gives blessing to house Global Prep charter school
Superintendent Lewis Ferebee got the go-ahead Tuesday night to negotiate a deal with charter school developer Mariama Carson to place the dual-language immersion school she plans to open next year in an IPS building.
Extra resources lift performance of impoverished schools
Providence Cristo Rey is one of a handful of Indiana schools with overwhelming numbers of low-income students that is achieving results at least as good as or better than the state average.
Duncan: State pilot preschool program should be open to all
Indiana's new program, open to about 2,300 children in five counties, is blocking children of immigrant families from enrolling if they are not U.S. citizens.
Indiana legislative committee to study teacher shortage
Indiana Department of Education numbers indicate the number of first-time teacher licenses issued in Indiana has dropped nearly 20 percent since 2009.
IPS board member resigns to lead Mind Trust venture
Caitlin Hannon, a former Indianapolis Public Schools teacher who joined the school board in an effort to push for change in the district, has stepped down.
Glenda Ritz drops out of race for Indiana governor
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz announced Friday afternoon that she will instead seek re-election for her current position.
ISTEP exam results being delayed by grading troubles
The president of McGraw-Hill Education CTB told State Board of Education members Wednesday that changes made to this spring's ISTEP test have pushed back its grading work.
Drop in number of new Indiana teachers could get state review
The Indiana Department of Education says the number of first-time teaching licenses issued has dropped about 60 percent since the 2009-10 school year.
IPS puts Mass Ave bus facility on block
The school system is expecting a flurry of interest in the 11-acre site—dominated by a former Coca-Cola bottling plant—as development opportunities in the popular cultural district dwindle.
Pence touts Indiana charter school expansion
Gov. Mike Pence told a conference of charter school teachers that the state will add 22 new charters over the next three years. That will boost the state's total to 86.
Indiana gets 3-year waiver from No Child Left Behind
The waiver frees the state from some federal testing and school progress rules and lets Indiana keep greater control of how it spends about $230 million in federal education funding.
Hamilton Southeastern Schools considering spring referendum
The Hamilton Southeastern School Board on Tuesday morning postponed a vote that could have put a referendum over a property-tax hike on the November general election ballot.