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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.
MoreOutside reviewer picked to study ISTEP troubles
June 10, 2013
Associated PressAn independent review of Indiana's ISTEP test results is under way one month after computer troubles disrupted test-taking
for thousands of students this spring.
MoreGoodwill to open four more dropout recovery schools
June 6, 2013
J.K. WallBut further expansion is on hold because of a state freeze on new adult-focused charter schools. Lawmakers are concerned the
schools are siphoning funds from K-12 education.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
MoreNew rules allow home-schoolers to join public school teams
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.
MoreISTEP testing continues after early-week problems
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.
MoreIndiana resumes ISTEP testing after 2 days of delays
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.
MoreIndiana ISTEP testing to resume, but at half the test load
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.
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.
MoreFate of new Indiana school standards unclear
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.
MoreGlitches halt online ISTEP testing for Indiana schools
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.
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.
MoreVoucher expansion awaits governor's signature
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.
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.
MoreIndiana lawmakers approve looser superintendent rules
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.
MoreRevoked charters could be forgiven $12M in loans
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.
MoreLawmakers draw close on limited voucher-expansion plan
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.
MoreIndiana House turns aside school guns proposal
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.
MoreFiscal tug-of-war stalls Indiana voucher expansion
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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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!