Charter schools have grown in student enrollment and political clout since coming to Indiana in 2001. Will recent changes finally push IPS into becoming an all-charter system?
The announcement ends the legal battle over a state law that requires districts to give unused school buildings to interested charter schools for the sale or lease price of $1.
Roughly 70% of students passed the state’s IREAD exam at both IPS and charter schools.
The third meeting of the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance focused on the challenges of the different building arrangements based on school type.
The ILEA must make recommendations on improving transportation and facilities across both Indianapolis Public Schools and charter schools.
Most of the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance’s members have worked in or for the charter sector, or have ties to the Mind Trust nonprofit that has helped create charter schools.
The announcement to reopen the search for CEO follows concerns from staff, parents, and students that a top candidate for the position was the school board’s own chair.
As a state-mandated group considers how transportation can evolve to better serve students, some schools are trying out new ideas.
While charter leaders have requested ownership of IPS buildings, supporters of traditional public schools have called for the district to charge for all services it provides to its charter partners.
Independent charter schools continued to outperform IPS, where Black and Hispanic students have not yet reached pre-pandemic levels of proficiency on the state exam.