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Indiana
September 7, 2017

Innovation schools saw some of the largest gains on ISTEP in Indianapolis Public Schools. Here are the schools that had big changes.

Some schools with big drops in passing rates are surprising.
Indiana
August 24, 2015

IPS neighborhood schools dominate lowest test-scorers

Of the 15 F-rated IPS in 2013-14, all but two also rated an F the year before. All of the 10 lowest scoring schools are neighborhood schools. None are magnet schools.
Indiana
August 21, 2015

A question of fairness: Weighted budgeting would affect IPS teachers, students

Indianapolis Public Schools is contemplating a major overhaul in the way it distributes money to schools, which could have a big impact on where teachers are assigned, how much support schools receive and how evenly operational dollars are split up.
Indiana
January 26, 2015

Lilly Endowment gives The Mind Trust $3.4 million to expand Teach for America, The New Teacher Project

Teacher training programs Teach for America and The New Teacher Project could grow their ranks in Indianapolis by more than 300 educators thanks to a $3.4…
Indiana
December 8, 2014

IPS tackles new standards with tailored teaching

New academic standards require teachers to be more attentive than ever to exactly what their students do and don’t know. Focus on individual student needs have been ratcheted up, but teachers are still dealing with the same limited time and resources. Doing more group work and more detailed lesson planning might just be the best way to manage those demands.
Indiana
June 23, 2014

TeachPlus names 30 new fellows to study teaching policy

The Indianapolis chapter of TeachPlus, a national organization that aims to get teachers involved in education policy making, has named 30 new “teaching policy fellows.”…
Indiana
April 3, 2014

Academic performance of all IPS schools: Find it here

For parents, students, teachers and others who want to be able to look up just how their schools are performing, and how they've been judged by the state, in one place here is the complete list of all IPS schools.
Indiana
February 27, 2014

These are the 11 IPS schools Ferebee is most worried about

IPS has many needs and lots of schools that Ferebee hopes to turn around. In fact, 38 of the district’s 65 schools are on getting at least some level of extra scrutiny from Ferebee and his administrative team as part of their school improvement effort. Even so, 11 IPS have been named “priority” schools because Ferebee considers them the most troubled. This is where the district is focusing its heaviest attention.