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Indiana
2 months ago

Mayor Sponsored Charter Schools Board Member Recruitment Event

The Mayor’s Office of Education Innovation (OEI) currently oversees 36 charter schools with 42 locations across Indianapolis. In total, 22 Mayor-sponsored charter school boards make…
Indiana
5 hours ago

Rise & Shine: Karen Pence returns to teaching at a school that bans gay employees, students, and families

Rise & Shine is Chalkbeat’s morning digest of education news. Subscribe to have it delivered to your inbox. ACCOUNTABILITY: Indiana lawmakers quietly took an initial…

ONLINE SCHOOLS

Indiana
18 hours ago

A new proposal aims to ratchet up oversight of Indiana’s most troubled virtual charter schools

The move would prevent Daleville Community Schools, the oversight agency for Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy, from renewing those charters.
Indiana
1 day ago

Rise & Shine: Indiana lawmakers look to tweak voucher law to prevent discriminatory hiring practices

Rise & Shine is Chalkbeat’s morning digest of education news. Subscribe to have it delivered to your inbox. TEACHER PAY: Indiana plans to free…

funding dance

Indiana
2 days ago

Indiana to tap reserves to free up $140M for teacher pay, Holcomb promises

Holcomb said he hoped schools would use the savings to increase teacher salaries, though there is likely no way to guarantee how local districts spend those funds.

ONLINE SCHOOLS

Indiana
2 days ago

Here’s how Indiana lawmakers propose — again — to rein in virtual charter schools

The bills tackle several aspects of virtual schools that have drawn criticism: how new students are onboarded, who oversees the schools, and how quickly they are growing.
Indiana
2 days ago

Rise & Shine: Roncalli counselor files federal complaint

Rise & Shine is Chalkbeat’s morning digest of education news. Subscribe to have it delivered to your inbox. A NEW LIBRARY: Librarian Kathleen Rauth packs…

How I Teach

Indiana
3 days ago

This Indianapolis librarian isn’t afraid to get rid of classic books

"A school library is not a historical archive. You don’t have to keep books that kids are not reading unless there’s a compelling reason. I need to have kids reading!"
Indiana
January 14, 2019

Rise & Shine: Indy Eleven shows interest in Broad Ripple High School site for new stadium

Rise & Shine is Chalkbeat’s morning digest of education news. Subscribe to have it delivered to your inbox. CHARTER SUPPORT: A nonprofit that is…
Indiana
January 11, 2019

Mind Trust gets $24 million to fund innovation and charter school expansion, new teacher recruitment

The nonprofit that is one of the chief backers of Indianapolis Public Schools’ partnerships with charter managers.
Indiana
January 11, 2019

Rise & Shine: Lawmakers consider bill to require students pass a U.S. civics test to graduate

Rise & Shine is Chalkbeat’s morning digest of education news. Subscribe to have it delivered to your inbox. MONEY, MONEY: Holcomb reveals his budget…
Indiana
January 10, 2019

IPS board aims for a quick search process without an outside firm to select the new superintendent

School board president Michael O’Connor told Chalkbeat that the board hopes to announce a formal process for selecting a new superintendent next week.

Distributing Dollars

Indiana
January 10, 2019

Amid Indiana’s teacher pay debate, Republicans hesitate over eliminating merit bonuses

Despite ongoing discussions about raising salaries for educators, his plan contains no dollars specifically earmarked for increasing teacher pay.
Indiana
January 10, 2019

Rise & Shine: Lawmakers aim to increase safety at bus stops

Rise & Shine is Chalkbeat’s morning digest of education news. Subscribe to have it delivered to your inbox. TEACHER PAY: A Republican bill calling on…
Indiana
January 9, 2019

Indiana House teacher pay plan clears first hurdle, but critics say the bill doesn’t go far enough

House Republicans countered that the bill — which passed 9-3 along party lines — was a “first step” toward getting teachers raises.
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