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Dylan Peers McCoy

One teenage boy works on a laptop at a table at home, while another sits on a sofa against windows in the background.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Charters & Choice
Who’s running new virtual schools in Indiana? Lawmakers want to know.
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Middle school students practice the trumpet, tuba, French horn and other instruments in a classroom
From Chalkbeat Indiana Vouchers
Indiana poised to open school vouchers to families earning over $100,000
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Four or five male students sit looking down in a classroom
From Chalkbeat Indiana Vouchers
New Indiana budget proposal scales back private school voucher expansion
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
An American flag hangs on a wall in April 2019, in an elementary classroom with a few students sitting in a row.
From Chalkbeat Indiana COVID Stimulus
How cash-strapped Indiana schools plan to spend federal coronavirus stimulus money
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
A masked school nurse in a uniform stands behind a clear plastic partition and a cart holding an instant-read thermometer and hand sanitizer, and next to a larger cart with cleaning supplies near the open door of an office.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Healthy schools
At these Indianapolis schools, nurses help catch academic problems
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Girl wearing a mask works on her laptop at a learning center.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Statehouse policy and politics
How Indiana schools are preparing to give ILEARN during a pandemic
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Close up of a student’s hands typing on a laptop.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Statehouse policy and politics
Indiana lawmakers shield schools from funding loss due to virtual learning in the pandemic
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Back of a yellow school bus traveling down a road
From Chalkbeat Indiana Politics & Policy
Indiana schools bristle at bill seeking efficiencies to raise teacher pay
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
A medical worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine in the right arm of a school nurse as she sits.
From Chalkbeat Indiana COVID and Schools
Indiana teachers and school staff will be eligible for vaccines at any clinic Monday
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Cosmetology student practices styling on a mannequin in what appears to be an empty salon-like classroom.
From Chalkbeat Indiana College and career readiness
Culinary arts, cosmetology programs are in jeopardy in Indiana House budget
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
A female teacher in a pink shirt points to a math problem on a white board.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Teacher training
Just 1 in 6 Indiana college students who study education become teachers, report finds
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
A teenage boy sits in an arm chair in a classroom.
From Chalkbeat Indiana COVID and Schools
When campuses were closed, this Indiana high school cracked open its doors for a handful of students
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
A close-up photo of a person getting a shot in the arm.
From Chalkbeat Indiana COVID and Schools
Frustrated teachers lose access to vaccine waitlists as Indiana cracks down
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Close-up of a student’s hands typing on a laptop.
From Chalkbeat Indiana COVID and Schools
Why COVID could fuel a surge in funding for Indiana virtual schools
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Masked lawmakers sit spaced apart at their desks in the Indiana Senate,
From Chalkbeat Indiana Vouchers
Indiana House budget would expand vouchers, limit poverty aid for schools
The state would spread a $378 million increase in K-12 funding across all Indiana public schools and a host of contentious education priorities.
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
A close-up photo of a person getting a shot in the arm.
From Chalkbeat Indiana
Most Indiana teachers await vaccinations, but these educators are already eligible
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
School bus shown in the rear-view mirror of a vehicle.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Student & School Performance
Indiana lawmakers could overhaul accountability, end school takeovers
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
View looking down on the floor of the Indiana House, with people sitting at desks, separated by empty seats
From Chalkbeat Indiana Vouchers
Indiana voucher supporters, opponents spar at Statehouse
The Indiana legislature weighs significantly expanding state funding for private schools to more middle-class families
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
The back of the head of a woman wearing a mortarboard with a tassel hanging off the right side.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Student & School Performance
At a few Indianapolis schools, the pandemic caused huge drops in graduation rates
Three Indianapolis high schools had double-digit drops in graduation rates, as students struggled with remote school or left to get jobs.
By Dylan Peers McCoy and Aaricka Washington
 
With a school bus in the background, students wearing masks and walking on a walkway receive temperature checks
From Chalkbeat Indiana Statehouse policy and politics
Indiana bill would offer $150 million for COVID learning recovery
The Indiana legislature is considering offering $150 million in competitive grants to local schools, universities, and other organizations to help students catch up.
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Close-up of a student’s hands typing on a laptop.
From Chalkbeat Indiana COVID and Schools
Indiana parent sues education board over virtual funding in the pandemic
Lawsuit challenges Indiana funding for schools operating online amid the pandemic — but appears to seek more monies for virtual-only schools.
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Back of a child sitting in a classroom and raising his hand while four other students study at desks on the background.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Vouchers
Voucher expansion, education savings account plan could cost Indiana $100 million
An Indiana House bill could boost by 40% the number of students, many from middle-class families, receiving state subsidies for private schooling
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Eric Holcomb at a podium.
From Chalkbeat Indiana
Without offering a plan, Holcomb repeats his promise to raise teacher pay
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
The back of the head of a woman wearing a mortarboard with a tassel hanging off the right side.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Student & School Performance
Database: Find your Indiana high school’s 2020 graduation rate
Nearly 88% of Indiana students from the class of 2020 graduated, a slight uptick from 2019. The graduation rate has been stagnant for about a decade.
By Dylan Peers McCoy and Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee
 
An empty high school classroom.
From Chalkbeat Indiana
Indiana reverses decision to count hundreds of hidden dropouts
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Second-graders work on computers at Tindley.
From Chalkbeat Indiana
Left out of referendums, Indiana charter schools see opening for more funding
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
An orange sign says “testing in progress, do not disturb” as students work in the background.
From Chalkbeat Indiana Assessment and testing
Indiana leaders: Students should take tests, but the results don’t have to count
Indiana is poised to push forward with testing but it could join other states in eliminating the consequences to schools for low scores.
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Young boy sitting on a rug pointing at a laptop screen.
From Chalkbeat Indiana
Virtual program switches school districts after Indiana scrutinizes stipends
Middlebury schools worked with Tech Trep, which enrolls about 165 students, to find a new partner.
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Gov. Eric Holcomb between two flags.
From Chalkbeat Indiana
Holcomb calls for school funding to increase, without committing to how much
Eric Holcomb called on Indiana legislators to boost education spending, but has not set a goal.
By Dylan Peers McCoy
 
Student cubbies in a classroom Thomas Gregg Neighborhood School, an elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana. —April, 2019— Photo by Alan Petersime/Chalkbeat
From Chalkbeat Indiana Politics & Policy
Indiana’s stable budget forecast buoys hopes to avoid school funding cuts
By Dylan Peers McCoy