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Panel OKs bill linking student tests, teacher pay
April 13, 2011
Associated PressTeacher pay would be linked to student performance under a merit pay bill that has cleared an Indiana House committee.
MoreSenate OKs plan aimed at expanding charter schools
April 12, 2011
Associated PressThe Indiana Senate has approved Gov. Mitch Daniels' proposal aimed at expanding charter schools, marking the first piece
of the governor's sweeping education agenda to clear both the House and Senate.
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.
MoreBills would set fall votes for Indiana school boards
April 1, 2011
Associated PressAll school board elections across Indiana would be moved to the November ballot under bills advancing in the state Legislature.
MoreAdvocates: Indiana can lead U.S. in schools overhaul
March 30, 2011
Associated PressEducation advocates told hundreds of cheering supporters at a Statehouse rally Wednesday that Indiana could lead the nation
in overhauling schools.
MoreIndiana schools chief says education changes needed
March 22, 2011
Associated PressState-funded vouchers for private schools and a shift of money to charter schools are necessary steps in the effort to improve
Indiana's education system, the state schools superintendent said Tuesday.
MoreSchool district eyes events, students for revenue
March 19, 2011
Associated PressFranklin Community Schools officials say they don't want to be in the same situation they were last year, when the state
forced the district to eliminate $3 million from its budget.
MoreCity to close Fountain Square charter school
March 18, 2011
J.K. WallThe decision to close Fountain Square Academy, announced Friday morning at a press conference, marks the first time Mayor
Greg Ballard has chosen to shut down a charter school.
MoreSenate panel considers proposal to expand charters
March 9, 2011
Associated PressThe Senate Education Committee heard hours of testimony about the bill and details of a new study that found Indiana students
who transferred to charter schools showed greater learning gains than their peers who stayed in traditional public schools.
MoreDual roles give Bess unusual view into schools
February 26, 2011
J.K. Wall
As a Danville school board member and superintendent of Indianapolis
Metropolitan High, Scott Bess is straddling the increasingly contentious chasm between traditional public schools and privately
operated charters.
Indiana panel backs private school voucher bill
February 16, 2011
Associated PressA contentious proposal to use taxpayer money to help Indiana parents send their children to private schools cleared its first
legislative hurdle Wednesday.
MoreBill would send taxpayer cash to private schools
February 14, 2011
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers will start the debate Tuesday on the most controversial plank of Gov. Mitch Daniels' sweeping education
platform: a plan to use taxpayer money to help parents send their children to private schools
MoreLawmakers start work on teacher merit pay bill
February 9, 2011
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers have started work on one of the more controversial aspects of Gov. Mitch Daniels' sweeping education
agenda: a plan to tie teacher pay to student performance.
MoreIndiana panel OKs early-graduation scholarship
February 9, 2011
Associated PressA proposal to give Indiana high school seniors a $3,500 college scholarship if they graduate a year early has cleared its
first legislative hurdle.
MoreAnderson superintendent proposes closing Wigwam
February 9, 2011
Associated PressThe Wigwam at Anderson High School is the second-largest high school gymnasium in the world, second only to the Fieldhouse
in New Castle.
MoreIndiana teachers rally against GOP education plan
February 8, 2011
Associated PressMore than 1,000 Indiana teachers swarmed the Indiana Statehouse Tuesday for a rowdy rally denouncing the sweeping education
proposals moving through the Republican-dominated state House and Senate.
MoreBill would limit school referendum campaigns
February 6, 2011
Associated PressState Rep. Cindy Noe, R-Indianapolis, wants to stop schools from using public money and bar school employees from campaigning
for referendums that would raise property taxes.
MoreTax credit would benefit public school foundations
February 5, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinEllettsville Democrat Vi Simpson wants to create an income-tax credit for gifts to public-school foundations, which could
compete with one that’s already available for private-school scholarships.
MoreCharter school's nimble approach could become the norm
January 29, 2011
Francesca Jarosz, J.K. WallIndianapolis Metropolitan High School implemented a school-wide overhaul in its educational approach in only three months.
The charter school might be the face of the future for all Indiana public schools.
MoreBill would make Indiana schools start after Labor Day
January 19, 2011
Associated PressRepublican Sen. Mike Delph of Carmel said it makes sense to start school after Labor Day because families would have more
summer vacation time together.
MoreEducation dominates Daniels' State of State address
January 11, 2011
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels urged Indiana lawmakers Tuesday night to be aggressive in making sweeping changes to the state's education
system.
MoreAdvocates say most Hoosiers want school changes
January 10, 2011
Associated PressAdvocates met at the Statehouse Monday to push education proposals that have renewed life during this legislative session
because of support from Gov. Mitch Daniels and leaders in the GOP-controlled House and Senate.
MoreHETRICK: Why this public-school baby fears school reform
January 8, 2011
Bruce HetrickI am a product of the public school system in Fort Wayne. Not charter schools. Not parochial schools. Not private schools.
Not home schooling.
MoreChamber props up graduation initiative
January 8, 2011
J.K. WallA cash crunch at its Common Goal education program forced the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce this month to start
covering the program’s bills out of its coffers.
MoreSchools chief, union head recruit mentors for children
January 4, 2011
Associated PressState school superintendent Tony Bennett, a Republican, and the leader of Indiana's largest teachers union made a rare
joint appearance Tuesday to promote a mentoring program.
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