Terrencio Davis was a candidate for IPS school board’s District 2, but was removed after his candidacy was challenged by a rival candidate.
Enrollment spikes in voucher-like programs for career training, special education under looser rules
Participation in Indiana’s Education Scholarship Accounts and Career Scholarship Accounts has grown dramatically after lawmakers expanded student eligibility and allowed uses for funding.
Edison School of the Arts terminated Nathan Tuttle last year after allegations that he had said a racial slur to a student. He later filed a wrongful termination suit.
Terrencio Davis was a candidate for IPS school board’s District 2, but was removed after his candidacy was challenged by a rival candidate.
Enrollment spikes in voucher-like programs for career training, special education under looser rules
Participation in Indiana’s Education Scholarship Accounts and Career Scholarship Accounts has grown dramatically after lawmakers expanded student eligibility and allowed uses for funding.
Edison School of the Arts terminated Nathan Tuttle last year after allegations that he had said a racial slur to a student. He later filed a wrongful termination suit.
The updated application process grew out of a board resolution affirming its desire to collaborate with schools of all kinds, including charters.
The school board voted 7-0 on Thursday to approve the Innovation agreement with Believe Circle City High School.
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The program serves 85 Indiana counties but only two ZIP codes in Marion County, leaving more than 60,000 kids in the county without access.
The end of pandemic aid this year means the end of district funding for background checks.
Schools always had the option to refer absenteeism cases to the local prosecutor, but they typically preferred other responses. Now a new law requires it in certain cases.
The Paul Laurence Dunbar Library opened to students at The Oaks Academy middle school last week.
Projects can support instruction or address structural challenges to learning, like food insecurity.
The results from third graders remain below pre-pandemic scores.
The revised blueprint to change graduation rules comes after significant criticism of the initial proposal from colleges and teachers.
As the local community with roots in the Chin State of Myanmar grows, the district’s heritage language class serves as a bridge between students and their families and culture.
Unschooling, a niche of homeschooling, is largely unregulated in Indiana.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department announced in April that officers would begin enforcing the city’s juvenile curfew law.
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While schools can’t design their own diplomas that bypass Indiana rules, they can adopt graduation requirements on top of what the state requires.
Under the Rebuilding Stronger overhaul, this is the first school year that T.C. Howe Middle School and Broad Ripple Middle School will serve grades 6-8.
Purdue says the proposed new diplomas would not meet admission requirements, while IU supports a special seal for college-bound students.
As Indiana moves to require more advanced courses and work experience for graduation, IPS says it’s on track to offer both.
With federal relief dollars running out, the district must prioritize which students will receive tutoring next year.
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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.