Leadership & Management
The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance is meeting Dec. 3 to start narrowing down recommendations for changing who runs schools.
The 4 governance options unveiled at the group’s recent meeting range from a fully elected IPS school board to a fully appointed one.
Of the options that the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance could recommend, 3 of the 4 would shift power away from the current elected school board.
Left-wing political coalitions have typically supported elected school boards. Yet as districts face new existential threats, progressive mayors are testing that and other assumptions.
Shenia Suggs has worked in the school district on the west side of Indianapolis for more than 30 years. She will take over as superintendent in January when outgoing Superintendent Jeff Butts leaves.
The move is part of a state government streamlining effort by Gov. Mike Braun.
As lawmakers passed big changes to taxes, the quarrels featured everything from allegations of stolen goat’s milk to anonymous texts.
The mayor’s office says it does not want to disrupt student learning. But what comes next for the Indianapolis elementary school is very uncertain.
Marion County voters selected their school district leaders this election. In total, 33 seats on 10 school boards are on ballots.
Sean Taylor will be the next leader of the northern Marion County district. He starts the role on July 1, 2025.
All 8 candidates for Indianapolis Public Schools Board of School Commissioners attended the forum co-hosted by WFYI and Chalkbeat Indiana.
The updated application process grew out of a board resolution affirming its desire to collaborate with schools of all kinds, including charters.
The proposed diploma rules would prioritize workplace readiness and create three “seals” indicating preparedness for enlistment, employment, and enrollment.
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.
Nikki Woodson became superintendent in 2011. Since then, the student body’s racial diversity has increased and enrollment has fluctuated.
Perry is the only district in Indiana to receive the Teacher and School Leader grant this year.
The district wants to use some of the funding to expand a student-led program that teaches nonviolence.
It’s the second Indianapolis charter school in less than a year that has announced a sudden closure after the school year started.
Nathan Tuttle says the school discriminated against him as a gay man with a Black child.