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Innovation schools

Politics & Policy

Indiana
January 30, 2018

This Indianapolis school was given more freedom. Now, it’s helping the district grow.

Innovation schools are helping to boost the district’s enrollment.

Student & School Performance

Indiana
October 6, 2017

How Indiana’s A-F rules created a two-tiered system that benefits innovation schools

It raises the question of whether grades that were supposed to be easy for parents to understand are too distorted to be clear.

Diversity & Equity

Indiana
September 29, 2017

One in five Indianapolis Public Schools students now attend an innovation school

This fall, more than 7,800 Indianapolis Public Schools students walked into schools run by outside managers, rather than the district. Less than three years after…

mix and match

Colorado
September 14, 2017

The numbers behind Denver’s “portfolio” of schools: More than half are charter and innovation schools

There are 104 traditional district-run schools and 117 charter and innovation schools this school year, according to a Chalkbeat count.

improvement efforts

Colorado
August 2, 2017

After years of stagnation, Colorado’s innovation schools see breakthrough in improvement, data show

The quadrupling of schools that improved could bolster backers of giving schools greater decision-making authority, an experiment playing out across the nation.

Big decision

Colorado
May 12, 2017

School districts can create brand-new innovation schools, state high court rules

DPS didn't break the law when it approved innovation plans for 11 new schools, Colorado Supreme Court finds.

Politics & Policy

Indiana
April 25, 2017

Indianapolis Public Schools leaders want to look beyond state grades to identify struggling schools. These 7 schools will test the new approach.

In the past, the district has largely decided which schools to overhaul by looking at the schools' state grades.

staying the course

Colorado
April 10, 2017

Why state education officials think Aurora Central’s latest reforms deserve more time

Aurora Central High School, facing state sanctions for low performance, could be allowed to continue work on reforms rolled out in the current school year.

Politics & Policy

Indiana
March 31, 2017

As Purdue prepares to open a high school this fall, leaders are already talking about a network

Purdue Polytechnic High School will open this fall in Indianapolis with 150 freshmen.

Politics & Policy

Indiana
March 21, 2017

After some unusual innovation school ideas fell through, the Mind Trust is focusing on replicating successful charter schools.

Four of the 12 school leaders the Mind Trust supported through its innovation fellowship abandoned their plans before opening schools.

Politics & Policy

Indiana
March 15, 2017

No new middle school for the west side after plans for an innovative model crumble

The school was intended to be an innovation school partnership between Indianapolis Public Schools and Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana.

Politics & Policy

Indiana
March 13, 2017

Sought-after charter Herron High School could be the latest to join the Indianapolis innovation network

Since IPS began creating innovation schools two years ago, the program has swiftly expanded.

IPS inspiration

Indiana
March 13, 2017

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says Indianapolis’s ‘innovation schools’ should be a national model

In Betsy DeVos's dream world, more schools would operate the way one in Indianapolis hopes to.

Politics & Policy

Indiana
February 22, 2017

A neighborhood-led school will make its pitch to the Indianapolis Public Schools board

If the board approves the plan, the school would join a growing group of “innovation schools” that are still part of IPS but have the freedom of charter schools.

Leadership & Management

Indiana
January 24, 2017

IPS outlines a plan: a restart for School 42 and a reprieve for two other schools

The board plans to discuss the three schools at its meeting 6 p.m. Thursday.