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Education & Workforce Development
Forty percent of school districts to see no funding increase
May 25, 2013
Associated PressLawmakers overall increased school funding 2 percent next year and 1 percent the following year. But shifts in how that money
is awarded mean some districts actually might see decreases.
MoreIndiana 8th-graders best most nations in math, science
May 25, 2013
J.K. WallIn the same year the Legislature passed a set of sweeping reforms to improve Indiana’s public schools, Indiana’s
eighth-graders were scoring No. 7 in the world on an international math test.
MoreIndianapolis education up-and-comers are fierce competitors
May 25, 2013
J.K. WallFriends' competition for bragging rights lands both on Forbes' 30 Under 30 lists.
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.
MoreLilly Endowment's $3.4M grant to bring more teachers to Indy
May 22, 2013
Mason KingIndianapolis-based education reform group The Mind Trust will use the grant to help support teacher recruitment and training
programs such as Teach for America.
MoreBeleaguered former IU-Kokomo chancellor lands new job
May 21, 2013
IBJ StaffMichael Harris, who resigned from IU-Kokomo on Sept. 19, claimed he was the victim of a smear campaign by school administrators.
MoreGroup claims Ball State prof teaching creationism
May 21, 2013
Associated PressThe Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a formal objection with university officials over an elective honors class
called "Boundaries of Science," which the foundation maintains teaches religion rather than science.
MorePurdue makes fast progress on tuition freeze
May 19, 2013
Associated PressThe school is nearly three-fourths of the way to reaching its goal of $40 million in savings or new revenue.
MoreHerff Jones acquisition to form $1B company
May 16, 2013
Mason KingDallas-based BSN Sports will join the Herff Jones portfolio of companies and continue to operate as its own branded entity.
Combined annual revenue is expected to top $1 billion.
MoreBall State: 5 revoked charter schools lose appeals
May 15, 2013
Associated PressBall State University has closed the books on its January decision to pull its sponsorship of seven academically struggling
Indiana charter schools.
MoreNational fraternities face more legal risk after court ruling
May 15, 2013
Bloomberg NewsAn Indiana appeals court ruling regarding the death of a Wabash College freshman may force national fraternities to take more
responsibility for misconduct at chapter houses.
MoreMichigan doctor named dean of IU School of Medicine
May 13, 2013
Associated PressDr. Jay Hess was picked to become the 10th dean in the school of medicine's 110-year history and the first dean in the past
five to come from outside IU.
MoreIndianapolis schools encounter more ISTEP glitches
May 13, 2013
Associated PressIndianapolis students trying to complete standardized tests that already have been delayed by technical issues have encountered
more problems.
MoreBall State president among nation's highest paid
May 13, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressBSU's Jo Ann Gora was the fifth-highest-paid public college president in the United States during the 2011-12 academic year,
according to a new survey released Monday.
MoreIndiana schools seeing more success with tax hikes
May 12, 2013
Associated PressIndiana school districts that won voters' approval last week for the majority of the tax increases they had sought to
boost school funding may be becoming more skilled at selling the public on the need for those tax hikes.
More'Pause' on Common Core leaves teachers in limbo
May 11, 2013
Associated PressLawmakers voted last month to delay full implementation of the academic standards to allow time to study the potential costs
of implementing or abandoning the standards and hold public meetings.
MoreHowe toughest test yet for reformers of troubled city schools
May 11, 2013
J.K. WallThomas Carr Howe Community High School, one of four taken over by the state Department of Education, is being remade yet again.
And this time it faces a slew of competitors in the education-reform arena.
MoreLawsuit threatens NCAA's amateur business model
May 11, 2013
Anthony SchoettleOn June 20, a California federal court will determine if an antitrust lawsuit brought by former UCLA basketball player Ed
O’Bannon—who argues he should’ve been paid for the use of his likeness on game broadcasts and in EA Sports
video games—can become a class action.
MoreIU's Kelley School of Business getting new dean
May 9, 2013
Bloomberg NewsIdalene Kesner will be the first woman to lead the school, and one of only a small handful of female business school deans
in the United States.
MorePence signs Indiana voucher expansion bill
May 9, 2013
Associated PressGov. Mike Pence visited Calvary Christian School on the south side of Indianapolis on Thursday to sign the plan that will
make more children eligible for vouchers.
MoreIUPUI to move men's hoops to fairgrounds Coliseum
May 9, 2013
IBJ StaffSchool and fairgrounds officials announced the five-year deal on Thursday. Playing in the 74-year-old landmark will more than
quintuple seating capacity for Jaguar games.
MoreHamilton County voters approve school referendums
May 7, 2013
IBJ StaffA $95 million expansion of Fishers and Hamilton Southeastern high schools, and a $28 million project to expand Noblesville
High School were approved by voters Tuesday.
MorePence signs sentencing, IEDC-transparency bills
May 7, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mike Pence signed three bills into law Tuesday, one involving government transparency in economic development
deals, one related to school safety and another overhauling criminal sentencing.
MoreISTEP troubles show test considered too big to fail
May 5, 2013
Associated PressBeyond the obvious and critical role it plays in determining how children advance in school, the test has more recently become
a barometer for whether teachers get pay increases and whether schools are making the grade.
MoreLocal enrollment for culinary schools rising
May 4, 2013
Anthony SchoettleThe surprising growth corresponds with the recent expansion of the Indiana Convention Center, and an explosion in the popularity
of The Food Network and chef-centric programming. But don't expect to make a mint.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.