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2011 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.
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.
MoreCivic leaders urge Ballard to tackle woes facing urban core
November 12, 2011
Francesca JaroszCommunity leaders are coalescing around a three-prong strategy to attract residents and capital to neighborhoods from just
outside downtown to the borders of Interstate 465. It’s not yet clear whether all the initiatives will have the full
support of Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard.
MoreIndy Schools chief demands charter investigation
October 24, 2011
Associated PressThe Indianapolis Public Schools superintendent wants the state to investigate charter schools that he claims break federal
and state laws by turning away homeless and disabled students, a charge the president of the Indiana Public Charter Schools
Association denies.
MoreIPS losing ground as state's biggest school district
September 20, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndiana's two largest school districts both say they've seen small enrollment drops, with No. 2 Fort Wayne Community
Schools inching closer in size to No. 1 Indianapolis Public Schools.
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.
MoreNew owners aim for big profit after buying IPS school on the cheap
September 6, 2011
Cory SchoutenThe buyers of former IPS School 64 stand to make hundreds of thousands of dollars if they manage to flip the property they
bought for just $20,000.
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.
MoreIndiana schools chief suggests grades for districts
August 4, 2011
Associated PressIndiana's public education chief wants to start giving school districts letter grades on an A-to-F scale to hold them
accountable for how their schools perform.
MoreYouth agencies adapting on the fly to new school calendar
July 30, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Public Schools board voted in November to adopt a calendar that shortens summer vacation and introduces longer
fall and spring breaks. The idea is to give kids less time to forget what they’ve learned and provide more opportunities
to catch up.
MoreState names potential turnaround operators for failing schools
July 22, 2011
J.K. WallNew York-based EdisonLearning, Florida-based Charters Schools USA Inc. and Indianapolis-based EdPower could be given control
of one or more of the seven schools judged failing by the state.
MoreBallard to ask for control of IPS schools facing state takeover
June 8, 2011
Francesca Jarosz, J.K. WallBut Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard also reiterated his opposition to mayoral control over all of IPS, which some local leaders
have pushed for recently. He called that idea “premature.”
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Influential Miles enjoys wide reach
June 3, 2011
Mason King
What's
the status of the Super Bowl? Mass transit for Indy? Economic development? How is one man so connected? Mark Miles shrugs
off "power broker" but fits the bill.
Should the mayor have control of Indianapolis' public schools?
April 30, 2011
Francesca JaroszA group of local power brokers is quietly assembling a plan that would transfer control of Indianapolis Public Schools to
the mayor.
MoreIndiana's largest school system cutting 357 teachers
April 14, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndianapolis Public Schools said Wednesday it will cut 357 teaching jobs to fill a nearly $21 million budget hole due to cuts
in state funding.
MoreIPS says it will lay off more than 300 employees
April 5, 2011
Associated PressIndianapolis Public Schools notified employees last week during spring break that they will begin cutting 271 teaching positions
and 37 non-teaching positions to trim its $20 million budget deficit.
MoreIt may be do or die for Indianapolis charter school
November 6, 2010
Joe JasinskiKnowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) College Preparatory School faces its seventh—and final—review this year, one
that could determine its survival.
MoreCOMMENTARY: Dear IPS, parents are not the enemy
October 9, 2010
Tawn ParentIndianapolis Public Schools needs a top-down, system-wide mandate to treat parents as valuable partners.
MoreTired-but-proud school buildings find new missions
September 25, 2010
Chris O'MalleyMore unneeded buildings are slated to be sold off by Indianapolis Public Schools, but creative people have turned other former
schools into reuse gems.
MoreIndianapolis schools continue big enrollment drop
September 21, 2010
Associated PressIndianapolis Public Schools lost more than 900 students from last school year, putting it within 800 students of falling behind
Fort Wayne's school district as the state's largest.
MoreUrban schools gather momentum in Indianapolis area
August 21, 2010
Norm HeikensResurgent Marion County districts are showing up affluent districts in improving student performance.
MoreShuttered school finding new life as community center
August 10, 2010
Joe JasinskiTwo years after Indianapolis Public Schools closed School 37, a multimillion-dollar redevelopment project is set to breath
new life into a building that served the Martindale-Brightwood community for 81 years.
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Ameriana Bank took over Westfield Farmers Market for 2013 and it is held in their parking lot, corner of 32 and Carey road, 5 to 8. I am selling soap and candles there. great market!
B&T certainly has enough of our taxpayer dollars to do this thanks to Mayor Ballard. Given the firm's exceedingly poor reputation in the legal community, the basement would seem a better option.
Should read MAY hire 20 people.
Not a good location for a 300,000 home. 10th Street fumes, buses, noise. Max for this location 150,000.
The state constitution also does not say that the majority has a right to quorum, nor that the minority is required to allow them quorum. In fact, denial of quorum has been a parliamentary maneuver since the establishment of the first parliaments in the early 1600s. The right to deny quorum (and the requirement fore quorum) are to prevent exactly what happened in Indiana: A tyrannical majority pushing through odious, objectionable legislation. Denial of quorum is totally legitimate, and lest we forget, a tactic the GOP has employed many, many times to ensure their issues weren't given short shrift. By allowing the majority to impose "fines" on the minority for exercising the authority the constitution grants them (to deny quorum,) they are violating the constitution.