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Governor's education agenda includes vouchers
December 8, 2010
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels and State Superintendent Tony Bennett pitched their ideas Wednesday to Indiana's Education Roundtable,
a group of education and business leaders.
MoreState memo: Schools won't see more budget cuts
November 30, 2010
Associated PressMemo from Superintendent Tony Bennett to district administrators says there are "no current plans for reductions"
MoreThree-quarters of state high schools miss standards
November 23, 2010
Associated PressIndiana's top education official says the latest performance statistics show schools are failing students once they reach
high school.
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.
MoreNumerous school referendums face decision time
November 2, 2010
Scott OlsonIn central Indiana, the Hamilton Southeastern and Lebanon school districts want more money to build schools or renovate existing
ones, while Zionsville School Corp. is seeking additional funding for operating expenses.
MoreSchools, state argue in court over funding formula
October 13, 2010
Associated PressHamilton Southeastern Schools, Franklin Township Schools and Middlebury Community Schools sued the state in February, claiming
its school funding formula unfairly penalizes growing districts.
MoreUIndy to manage teacher bonus pay program at 44 schools
October 5, 2010
J.K. WallThe University of Indianapolis has been selected to manage a $32.7 million effort to improve schools through teacher-improvement
programs and performance-based bonuses.
MoreLocal school district gets $12M magnet school grant
October 5, 2010
Associated PressThe Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township Schools is the only school system in Indiana and one of just 36 nationwide
receiving the grants from the U.S. Department of Education.
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.
MoreCourt delays hearing on Indiana school funding lawsuit
September 14, 2010
Associated PressHamilton Southeastern Schools, Franklin Township Schools and Middlebury Community Schools sued the state in February, claiming
the school funding formula unfairly penalizes growing districts.
MoreUPDATE: Irvington charter school finds new home
July 21, 2010
IBJ StaffUnder the agreement, Irvington Community School will lease the building from the city for 15 years at a cost of $1 annually.
MoreState selects Marian to train turnaround leaders
July 14, 2010
J.K. WallThe Indiana Department of Education has awarded Marian University a $500,000 contract to operate a Turnaround
Leadership Academy, designed to train school leaders who can lead rapid improvements at struggling schools.
MoreAttorney general says schools can't charge bus riders
July 13, 2010
Associated PressThe opinion presents a complication for districts like Franklin Township Schools on the south side of Indianapolis, which
had been counting on charging a bus fee of about $75 per rider beginning this fall.
MoreHerron High School ranked among nation's best
June 15, 2010
Newsweek's list of top high schools, released Monday, ranks more than 1,600 schools, including 28 in Indiana.
MoreIndiana teachers unions hope Congress helps states
June 10, 2010
Associated PressThe leader of Indiana's largest teachers union says if Congress approves up to $300 million for Indiana schools, it could
save as many as 7,200 public school employee jobs, including those of Indiana teachers, teaching assistants and bus drivers.
MoreVoters back school-funding plans across central Indiana
May 5, 2010
IBJ StaffVoters in Washington Township, Pike Township, Speedway, Carmel Clay and Noblesville approved
higher tax rates to help prevent teacher cuts or support building projects.
MoreSeveral school districts seek passage of referendums
May 3, 2010
Scott OlsonAdministrators are asking for millions of dollars of additional money to prevent teacher cuts and to support school building
projects.
MoreIndiana schools to exit Race to the Top competition
April 22, 2010
J.K. WallState will bow out of the $4.35 billion federal competition after a highly public feud between public schools chief Tony Bennett
and the state’s teachers unions.
MoreReport: Indiana far short of funding teacher pensions
April 21, 2010
Associated PressIndiana is among the nation's five most underfunded teacher pension programs, but low ranking is misleading.
MoreCash-strapped schools eye full-day kindergarten
April 17, 2010
Associated PressMany districts want to keep the full-day programs and say they're considering increasing fees to do so.
MoreUPDATE: Teachers union tells Bennett to start over on reform
April 15, 2010
J.K. WallSuperintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett invites heads of teachers unions to meeting to publicly share reform ideas
instead of "bureaucratic rhetoric and no
specifics."
MoreBennett demands ISTA support for school reforms
April 9, 2010
J.K. WallState superintendent of public instruction says teacher union support imperative to win federal grant.
MoreCatholic schools get final OK to become charters
April 8, 2010
IBJ StaffThe City-County Council gave its official blessing to two Catholic schools in poor neighborhoods converting into secular charters;
they will receive new names by fall.
MoreAnderson schools might cut 200-plus jobs
March 19, 2010
Associated PressA central Indiana school district could see 20 percent of its jobs cut for next school year as it works to close a multimillion-dollar
budget deficit.
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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.