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.
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May 13, 2013
Associated PressIndianapolis students trying to complete standardized tests that already have been delayed by technical issues have encountered
more problems.
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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.
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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.
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May 2, 2013
Associated PressSome home-schooled students will be eligible to join sports teams at their local public schools under new rules adopted by
the Indiana High School Athletic Association.
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May 2, 2013
Associated PressThe state Department of Education has asked schools for a second straight day to reduce the number of students taking the
test by half to avoid more problems.
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May 1, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana Department of Education said the administration of the ISTEP+ exams' online portion resumed Wednesday morning,
but schools are being asked to decrease their daily test load to 50 percent of normal levels until further notice.
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April 30, 2013
Associated PressRequired standardized tests for Indiana students will resume Wednesday after two days of computer glitches, but state officials
asked schools to cut their normal test loads by half to avoid more problems.
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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.
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April 30, 2013
Associated PressA legislative plan that would "pause" Indiana's adoption of a national set of reading and math education standards
has the backing of Republican Gov. Mike Pence, although many questions surround what that step would mean for the state's
classrooms.
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April 30, 2013
Associated PressSchool districts across the state suspended the first day of ISTEP+ online testing Monday because of computer issues. IPS
is reporting more problems Tuesday.
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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.
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April 27, 2013
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers have approved an expansion of the nation's broadest private school voucher program that will allow more
children to be immediately eligible.
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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.
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April 22, 2013
Associated PressSchool district superintendents would no longer have to hold an Indiana superintendent's or teacher's license under
a proposal that won final legislative approval on Monday.
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April 22, 2013
Associated PressSeven schools whose charters were revoked by Ball State University in January would be absolved of payments along with another
school which did not seek to renew its charter.
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April 18, 2013
Associated PressLegislators are hammering out a modest expansion of the state's school voucher program following a meeting of House and Senate
lawmakers.
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April 11, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana House on Thursday pulled a proposal to have the state's public schools consider having employees, including
teachers and principals, carry guns during school hours.
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April 11, 2013
Associated PressA plan to make vouchers more widely available to families has met a roadblock: So despite the momentum, lawmakers say they
want more time to look at the voucher program approved two years ago.
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April 10, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's A-F grading system for individual schools would be scrapped and implementation suspended on a national set of
reading and math education standards under a bill the state Senate approved Wednesday.
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April 10, 2013
Associated PressA proposal to no longer require Indiana's local school superintendents to hold a state superintendent's or teacher's
license passed the state Senate after Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann cast her first tie-breaking vote.
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April 10, 2013
Associated PressThe Senate proposal would allow siblings of students already receiving vouchers to qualify for the program, raise the value
of each voucher by $200 and eliminate a one-year waiting period in public schools for students who attend "failing"
schools.
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April 4, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mike Pence says he believes local school officials should make decisions about security rather than being required
to have an employee armed with a loaded gun during school hours.
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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.
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April 2, 2013
Associated PressAn Indiana House committee has approved a proposal that would require all public and charter schools in the state to have
an employee with a loaded gun present during school hours.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.