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A teacher holds a small white board that says “marry” in front of a class of roughly a dozen students sitting on a carpet. — Third grade teacher Isha Nigam teaches reading to her class at Emma Donnan, a K-8 school, on Feb. 15, 2023. Emma Donnan, which is run by the charter operator Adelante Schools, is one of the few “restart” schools in Indianapolis Public Schools that has shown a clear improvement in test scores. (Amelia Pak-Harvey/Chalkbeat)

Charters & Choice Charter schools Indianapolis Public Schools

Using charters to fix ailing IPS schools yields instability and inconsistent academic results

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| April 3, 2023, 2:51pm UTC