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Education reform
IPS chief White a finalist for top job at Alabama system
March 13, 2012
J.K. WallEugene White, superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools, is now a finalist to lead a school system in Mobile County in
Alabama, and he is interviewing for another superintendent’s post in South Carolina.
MoreThirty-five teams apply for $1M Mind Trust grants
March 9, 2012
J.K. WallThe winners' mission will be to launch successful charter schools and replicate those schools at three or four additional
locations around Indianapolis.
MoreBattle for students raises financial concern for turnaround schools
March 8, 2012
J.K. WallJust 62 percent of the students at four IPS schools being taken over by turnaround operators have chosen to remain at the
schools, a situation that could shrink funding. The operators say the district has stymied their ability to inform students
and their parents about their plans.
MoreChristel House charter school to target dropouts
February 25, 2012
J.K. WallCharter schools for adults continue to pick up steam, as Christel House International prepares to launch the fourth such school
in Indianapolis.
MoreExtra money key to Mind Trust plan to transform IPS
February 11, 2012
J.K. WallThe Mind Trust plan for transforming Indianapolis Public Schools calls for turning the district into a network of charter-like
schools and giving them 15 percent to 25 percent more dollars to spend than Indianapolis charter schools currently enjoy.
MoreSchools chief: No Child waiver helps Indiana students
February 9, 2012
Associated PressIndiana will take advantage of a federal waiver on provisions of the No Child Left Behind act to create better education for
students, State School Superintendent Tony Bennett said.
MoreIndiana panel OKs overhaul of school grading system
February 9, 2012
Associated PressA state panel has approved changes to Indiana's A-to-F grading standards for public schools despite complaints that the
new rules are too complex for schools and parents to understand.
MoreIndiana among 10 states getting No Child Left Behind waivers
February 9, 2012
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states, including Indiana, from the strict and sweeping requirements of the
No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated
Press has learned.
MoreJudge upholds Indiana school voucher law
January 13, 2012
Associated PressA Marion Superior Court judge affirmed Indiana's school voucher law on Friday, rejecting opponents' arguments that the largest
such program in the nation unconstitutionally uses public money to support religion.
MoreIndiana schools chief Bennett gears up for re-election bid
January 7, 2012
J.K. WallString of controversial reforms draw campaign contributions, ire of opponents.
MoreWILLIAMS: Expand IPS to Marion County borders
December 31, 2011
Brian WilliamsAbsent a focus on county-wide educational reform, these efforts may address underachievement within IPS but fail to address
needs of top academic performers, the large academic middle, and underperformers in all Marion County schools.
MoreVoucher experience positive for one local high school student
December 30, 2011
Franklin College News BureauDayana Vazquez-Buquer is among 3,919 students from low- to moderate-income Indiana families who qualified for an Indiana Choice
Scholarship this year. She praises the General Assembly for creating the voucher program.
MoreGOP-controlled Legislature overhauls K-12 education
December 24, 2011
This year saw the most sweeping changes to public education since the approval of teachers’ unions in 1973.
More2011 NEWSMAKER: Eugene White in crosshairs as reformers target IPS
December 24, 2011
There’s a pitched battle under way in K-12 education as reform advocates and charter schools challenge traditional institutions
such as teachers’ unions and education schools.
MoreMind Trust calls for decentralizing IPS district
December 18, 2011
J.K. WallBy gutting its central office, Indianapolis Public Schools could free up $188 million to provide universal preschool, to pay
key teachers more than $100,000 a year and to transform itself into a network of autonomous “opportunity” schools.
MoreTurnaround company wants to launch feeder schools
December 14, 2011
J.K. WallCharter Schools USA, the Florida-based company tapped by the state government to turn around Howe and Manual high schools
in Indianapolis, also wants to launch two charter elementary schools to help feed students into those schools.
MoreTEASLEY: Whew! Tap the brakes on school reform
November 26, 2011
Kevin Teasley / Special to IBJGiven all the new options, mistakes will be made by all.
MoreIPS hopes new high school attracts high-achievers
November 19, 2011
J.K. WallChristine Collier, the longtime leader of the Center for Inquiry elementary and middle schools, is designing a high school
within the Indianapolis Public Schools system that officials hope will draw students who now attend some of the highest-achieving
K-8 schools in the IPS system.
MoreIndiana schools chief says he has fences to mend
October 5, 2011
Associated PressSuperintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett said during a Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce forum on Tuesday that
he understands the changes he has advocated make many teachers and other uncomfortable.
MoreCandidates' pledges keeps the campaign rhetoric flowing
October 1, 2011
Francesca JaroszMelina Kennedy, the Democrat taking on Mayor Greg Ballard in the November election, has made some campaign promises of her
own. And some in Ballard’s camp have questioned whether she’ll be able to bring those to fruition.
MoreBallard fulfilled some pledges; others fell by wayside
October 1, 2011
Francesca JaroszThe Republican mayor says he curbed crime, made government transparent, and pushed for property tax reform. His Democratic
challenger says Ballard didn’t make good on repealing an income tax increase, hiring hundreds of police officers, or
making education a top priority.
MoreIndiana schools chief lauds overhaul in annual speech
September 13, 2011
Associated PressIndiana Schools Superintendent Tony Bennett used his second annual assessment of the state's education system to promote
a sweeping overhaul approved this year.
MoreIndiana Board of Education OKs takeovers of 5 schools
August 29, 2011
Associated PressPrivate companies will take over five public schools that a state official called in "various stages of dire situations"
after the State Board of Education made the recommendation Monday because of poor classroom performance.
MoreBennett endorses private operators for 4 IPS schools
August 25, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndiana's public schools chief wants two outside organizations to take over operation of four troubled Indianapolis schools.
MoreTest scores, attitudes improving at Indianapolis magnet school
August 20, 2011
Andrew SmithHigh expectations set tone for Indianapolis Public School's Harshman Middle School overhaul.
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