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Disparate Indiana pols agree ISTEP answers needed
June 16, 2013
Associated PressA legislative panel studying why 78,000 test-takers were frozen out of the high-stakes exam test last month plans to meet
Friday to hear from CTB/McGraw-Hill President Ellen Haley on what went wrong.
MoreIndiana voucher program returns $5M to public schools
May 30, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana Department of Education announced Wednesday that $5 million is owed the state's schools because of savings
achieved through school vouchers.
MoreOutside review sought for Indiana exam results
May 29, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's Department of Education is seeking an outside review of the ISTEP test results following a series of computer
glitches that will likely delay test results until July.
MoreFort Wayne schools want 3rd party to review ISTEP
May 22, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's largest school district says it won't accept results of this year's standardized testing until an independent
third party validates the scores.
MoreSchools face ISTEP+ problems for 2nd straight day
April 30, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressSchool districts trying to administer Indiana's required standardized test encountered new problems Tuesday that forced the
state to suspend testing for a second straight day. The problems brought a hailstorm of complaints.
MoreIndiana State Teachers Association elects new leader
April 29, 2013
IBJ StaffTeresa Meredith, an elementary teacher from Shelbyville, has been elected president of the Indiana State Teachers Association,
replacing long-time leader Nate Schnellenberger.
MoreBill would delay new Indiana school standards
April 25, 2013
Associated PressIndiana legislators prepared a compromise bill Thursday that would suspend implementation of a national set of reading and
math education standards for a year while new state reviews are done.
MoreSenate panel advances looser superintendent rules
April 4, 2013
Associated PressA proposal to no longer require Indiana's local school superintendents to hold a state superintendent's or teacher's
license is advancing in the Legislature.
MoreLooser Indiana school voucher rules face questions
March 15, 2013
Associated PressThe fate of a proposal to expand Indiana's private school voucher program by making kindergartners and some other students
immediately eligible could come down to something that no one seems to know — how much it will cost.
MoreTV ads oppose review of Indiana school standards
March 5, 2013
Associated PressAn advocacy group that supports Indiana's charter schools program said Tuesday that it's starting an advertising campaign
to fight efforts to end the state's use of national reading and math standards.
MoreSenator pulls bills scrapping Indiana school grades
February 25, 2013
Associated PressA bill that would have eliminated Indiana's A-F grading scale for individual schools has been withdrawn by its sponsor in
the Indiana Senate.
MorePanel supports scrapping Indiana school grades
February 20, 2013
Associated PressA Republican-controlled state Senate committee agreed Wednesday with the new Democratic state schools superintendent that
Indiana's A-F grading scale for individual schools should be scrapped.
MoreBill that would shift Indiana voucher oversight advances
February 19, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's new Democratic state schools superintendent would no longer oversee the private school voucher program that
she has opposed under a proposal approved Tuesday by a Republican-controlled legislative committee.
MoreMayor to take control of four struggling Indy schools
February 6, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana State Board of Education is handing authority over four troubled Indianapolis schools to the city's mayor.
MoreIndy mayor asks Indiana for control of 4 schools
January 31, 2013
Associated PressThe mayor of Indianapolis is asking the Indiana State Board of Education to give him control of four former city schools taken
over by the state because of poor performance.
MorePence says he, Indiana schools chief have same aims
January 25, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's new governor and state schools superintendent are from different political parties but they seemed in agreement
Friday on getting schools to focus more on preparing students for careers.
MoreBennett applies to be Florida schools chief
December 3, 2012
J.K. WallAfter losing re-election in Indiana, state schools chief Tony Bennett has applied to be Florida’s commissioner of education,
according to a statement released by his office Monday morning.
MoreNew Indiana schools chief: GOP approval unnecessary
November 25, 2012
Associated PressIndiana's new superintendent of public instruction, Democrat Glenda Ritz, said she can make some policy changes for the
state's schools without needing the approval of the Republican-controlled General Assembly and governor's office.
MoreCharter, voucher backers wary of schools chief Ritz
November 24, 2012
J.K. WallDuring Republican Tony Bennett’s tenure as superintendent of public instruction, Indiana became the poster child for
school choice. But with Bennett’s surprising election loss to Democrat Glenda Ritz this month, the future of charter
schools and private-school vouchers is murkier.
MoreRitz turns to D.C. in quest for clout
November 17, 2012
J.K. WallPolitically boxed in at home, newly elected state schools chief Glenda Ritz is looking to Washington for some wiggle room
to make changes to Indiana’s education rules.
MoreVoters embrace education reform locally, but not in state race
November 7, 2012
Scott OlsonThree new reform-minded IPS board members could help usher in sweeping changes to the school district. At the state level,
however, school librarian Glenda Ritz denied Tony Bennett a second term as voters spurned his sweeping education overhaul.
MoreTeacher wrath boosts Ritz to upset in state education race
November 6, 2012
Associated PressIn the shocker of Tuesday night's election results, teachers unhappy with Republican Tony Bennett's sweeping education reforms
propelled dark-horse Democrat Glenda Ritz into the role of superintendent of public instruction.
MoreSuperintendent race a showdown over school changes
October 29, 2012
Associated PressThe campaign to lead Indiana's education department is being watched as a referendum on school policies pushed by conservatives
across the country.
MoreCritics say grades for schools too complex to understand
October 27, 2012
Associated PressPublic schools around Indiana will learn their final grades next week under a ranking system using new rules that critics
say are too complex for schools and parents to understand.
MoreIndiana schools chief wants district accountability
September 25, 2012
Associated PressThe accountability measures that have been introduced for individual Indiana schools should be extended to entire school districts,
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett said Tuesday night in his State of Education speech.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!