Rise & Shine: Mayor's charter school sponsoring is booming

  • Mayor Ballard’s stable of charter schools is growing quickly. (Chalkbeat)
  • Public Access Counselor says state board broke no laws. (The Statehouse File, Journal Gazette)
  • Pence has joined board of anti-dropout group. (The Statehouse File)
  • The big preschool question is the same every year — how to pay for it? (StateImpact)
  • Wayne Township schools ban smoking on campus. (Indy Star, WIBC, RTV6, WISH-TV)
  • Enrollment drop costs Portage schools $1 million. (NWI)
  • Northeast schools hold tense meeting to discuss school closings to save budget, (StateImpact)
  • Police:Kokomo bus driver was drunk on the job. (WTHR)
  • How much merit pay would it cost to get great teachers to take the toughest jobs? Try $20,000, study says. (Slate)
  • Chicago preschool program offers some blueprints to effectiveness. (Hechinger)
  • Is the STEM education crisis a myth? (NPR)