‘Pause’ on Common Core leaves teachers in limbo
Lawmakers voted last month to delay full implementation of the academic standards to allow time to study the potential costs of implementing or abandoning the standards and hold public meetings.
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Howe toughest test yet for reformers of troubled city schools
Thomas Carr Howe Community High School, one of four taken over by the state Department of Education, is being remade yet again. And this time it faces a slew of competitors in the education-reform arena.
Pence signs Indiana voucher expansion bill
Gov. Mike Pence visited Calvary Christian School on the south side of Indianapolis on Thursday to sign the plan that will make more children eligible for vouchers.
Hamilton County voters approve school referendums
A $95 million expansion of Fishers and Hamilton Southeastern high schools, and a $28 million project to expand Noblesville High School were approved by voters Tuesday.
New rules allow home-schoolers to join public school teams
Some home-schooled students will be eligible to join sports teams at their local public schools under new rules adopted by the Indiana High School Athletic Association.
ISTEP testing continues after early-week problems
The state Department of Education has asked schools for a second straight day to reduce the number of students taking the test by half to avoid more problems.
Indiana resumes ISTEP testing after 2 days of delays
The Indiana Department of Education said the administration of the ISTEP+ exams’ online portion resumed Wednesday morning, but schools are being asked to decrease their daily test load to 50 percent of normal levels until further notice.
Indiana ISTEP testing to resume, but at half the test load
Required standardized tests for Indiana students will resume Wednesday after two days of computer glitches, but state officials asked schools to cut their normal test loads by half to avoid more problems.
Schools face ISTEP+ problems for 2nd straight day
School districts trying to administer Indiana’s required standardized test encountered new problems Tuesday that forced the state to suspend testing for a second straight day. The problems brought a hailstorm of complaints.
Fate of new Indiana school standards unclear
A legislative plan that would "pause" Indiana's adoption of a national set of reading and math education standards has the backing of Republican Gov. Mike Pence, although many questions surround what that step would mean for the state's classrooms.
Glitches halt online ISTEP testing for Indiana schools
School districts across the state suspended the first day of ISTEP+ online testing Monday because of computer issues. IPS is reporting more problems Tuesday.
Indiana State Teachers Association elects new leader
Teresa Meredith, an elementary teacher from Shelbyville, has been elected president of the Indiana State Teachers Association, replacing long-time leader Nate Schnellenberger.
Voucher expansion awaits governor’s signature
Indiana lawmakers have approved an expansion of the nation's broadest private school voucher program that will allow more children to be immediately eligible.
Bill would delay new Indiana school standards
Indiana legislators prepared a compromise bill Thursday that would suspend implementation of a national set of reading and math education standards for a year while new state reviews are done.
Indiana lawmakers approve looser superintendent rules
School district superintendents would no longer have to hold an Indiana superintendent's or teacher's license under a proposal that won final legislative approval on Monday.
Revoked charters could be forgiven $12M in loans
Seven schools whose charters were revoked by Ball State University in January would be absolved of payments along with another school which did not seek to renew its charter.
Lawmakers draw close on limited voucher-expansion plan
Legislators are hammering out a modest expansion of the state’s school voucher program following a meeting of House and Senate lawmakers.
Stripped-down school safety bill passes Indiana House
Representatives voted 86-6 Monday in favor of the bill after provisions that would've required all public schools to have gun-carrying employees during school hours were pulled from it last week.
Indiana House turns aside school guns proposal
The Indiana House on Thursday pulled a proposal to have the state's public schools consider having employees, including teachers and principals, carry guns during school hours.
Fiscal tug-of-war stalls Indiana voucher expansion
A plan to make vouchers more widely available to families has met a roadblock: So despite the momentum, lawmakers say they want more time to look at the voucher program approved two years ago.