With federal relief dollars running out, the district must prioritize which students will receive tutoring next year.
The new school year is here, see what’s new for you and your students around cell phones, reading, state testing and more.
Changes to the dress code, the district’s priorities for student discipline, grade configurations, and transportation will all start in the 2024-25 school year.
With federal relief dollars running out, the district must prioritize which students will receive tutoring next year.
The new school year is here, see what’s new for you and your students around cell phones, reading, state testing and more.
Changes to the dress code, the district’s priorities for student discipline, grade configurations, and transportation will all start in the 2024-25 school year.
In addition to bolstering literacy, the district says the instructional strategies will promote other IPS goals like advancing racial equity.
As the state’s schools change how they teach reading, experts say daily habits and parental involvement can be very helpful.
The proposed diploma rules would prioritize workplace readiness and create three “seals” indicating preparedness for enlistment, employment, and enrollment.
The 2024 ILEARN test scores released Wednesday show a very small change in the overall statewide scores for students in grades 3 to 8.
Writing for Perspicacity Magazine isn’t like a class assignment, teacher Ben Boruff said. Students have to be brave to put their work out for all to read.
The district’s Stronger Tomorrows program received a $10,000 donation to promote safe sleep and help young parents stay on track to graduate.
Elizabeth Krutz of the La Porte Community School Corporation is slated to take over the school at the end of July.
Few candidates and low voter participation and engagement with schools can pave the way for outside groups to sway elections.
Almost three-quarters of the students who didn’t pass the state reading test and were retained in third grade in 2023 got subsidized meals.
The resolution calls for ‘greater coherence, clarity, and collaboration’ between all public schools.
More than 30 school board seats are on ballots across 10 districts in Marion County in the election this November
Despite a rough rollout, nearly the same number of Indiana high school seniors filled out the FAFSA in 2024 as 2023. But there’s still time to fill it out.
With 58% of campers receiving tuition assistance, university staff hope to continue need-based funding after their grant ends.
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Around 45,000 Indiana students across the state learned with AI tutors last year as part of a state grant to reduce teacher workloads while improving student learning.
From Indy’s west side to the east, here’s how to find the free meals closest to you. Meals are also available to students across the state this summer.
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The Teacher Prep Academy at the University of Indianapolis wants to draw more young people to teaching to fill open education jobs in the state.
Read a Q&A with IPS Teachers of the Year to learn their classroom strategies and summer break advice
The 2025 IPS Teachers of the Year are Ashley Hogan of Emma Donnan Elementary and Middle School and Linda Thomson of Shortridge High School.
State officials writing new graduation requirements want students pursuing an advanced diploma to have work experience.
Proposed changes would eliminate a diploma popular with Indiana’s college-going students while it’s not clear if the state has enough support to help them meet new requirements.
Seniors in Rooted School’s first graduating class were among the students who entered high school at the height of the pandemic.
The charge comes after a lawsuit alleged Julious Johnican allowed and encouraged students to attack their 7-year-old classmate.
Brian Metcalf is accused of fraudulently billing the charter network for goods and services with two other parties. The school intends to seek restitution.
The resolution reaffirms the district’s need to collaborate with charter schools. But some parents want the district to hold off, and examine whether such partnerships are working.
The withdrawal pauses a potential battle between Creek Point Academy and Andrew J. Brown Academy, which began when Andrew J. Brown moved to drop its for-profit operator.
Charter supporters are calling on the state to use a pilot program to help Indianapolis charter schools find new approaches.
Lawmakers last year relaxed income eligibility rules so that most Indiana families now qualify for the Choice Scholarship program.
The announcement expands a pilot program that grants automatic admission to seniors with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
The charter authorizer also approved the expansion of GEO Next Generation Academy, which is on the same property as Indy STEAM.
Elementary and special education teachers who don’t teach literacy won’t have to earn a new literacy endorsement required by state law.
Proposed high school diplomas for the class of 2029 will place a greater emphasis on work experience, which some educators say will push students to neglect academic opportunities.
The changes tweak previous language on homework assignments, dress code, and how to approach discipline.
Teenage boys wrapped up in Indianapolis’ justice system are dealing with trauma, a proliferation of guns, and little fear of death. Kareem Hines and his team of mentors are trying to help.