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Teacher merit pay bill heads to Daniels' desk
April 25, 2011
Associated PressA bill linking teacher pay with student performance has won final legislative approval and now heads to Indiana Gov. Mitch
Daniels for his signature.
MoreBill on teacher union rights heads to governor
April 19, 2011
Associated PressA bill to restrict Indiana teachers' collective bargaining rights has cleared its final legislative hurdle, becoming the
first part of Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels' sweeping education agenda to make it to the governor's desk.
MoreIndiana panels OK teacher merit pay, voucher bills
April 13, 2011
Associated PressTwo pieces of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' sweeping education plan, a voucher plan that would direct taxpayer money to
private schools and a merit pay bill that links teacher pay to student performance, cleared key legislative hurdles Wednesday.
MorePanel 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.
MoreIndiana lawmakers to consider big education proposals
April 11, 2011
Associated PressA House committee is expected to consider Daniels' proposal for teacher merit pay on Monday, and a Senate committee could
vote on the Republican governor's controversial plan for private school vouchers on Wednesday.
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.
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.
MoreTransition-to-teaching students find few jobs
March 6, 2011
Associated PressAn Indiana Department of Education report shows less than 40 percent of those who completed the transition-to-teaching programs
in 2008-2009 were working in Indiana schools last year.
MorePartisan divide could threaten long-term education reform
February 26, 2011
Francesca JaroszIndiana’s Republican-controlled Legislature will likely pass the bulk of education-reform measures being pushed this
year by party heavyweights, but partisan rancor could threaten the long-term prospects for a sweeping overhaul of the state’s
public schools.
MoreIndiana 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.
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.
MoreShould teachers be unionized?
January 22, 2011
[In response to Teresa Meredith’s Jan. 10 column in Forefront] I would like to know, if collective bargaining has all
of those benefits, why are our public schools performing so badly that a great percentage of the students do not graduate?
MoreUnion backer has vested interest
January 22, 2011
The reason [Teresa] Meredith is so gung-ho regarding her union stance is she has so much to lose: 18 years into her profession,
vice president of the Indiana State Teachers Association, her pension and benefits.
MoreGUY: Let's motivate - not threaten - teachers
January 15, 2011
John GuyEvaluating teachers cannot improve results. Human nature does not allow it.
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.
MoreRedistricting, education issues also on docket for General Assembly
December 18, 2010
Mary DieterLegislature will consider redistricting along with controversial education issues.
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.
MoreHow hard is it to fire a teacher, really?
November 6, 2010
J.K. WallRed tape involved in firing teachers is thick. But risk-averse administrators may be the bigger problem.
MoreRokita to politicians: Careful with donations from union
October 13, 2010
J.K. WallSecretary of state warns candidates that if he prevails in court, his securities division staff will pursue any money the
candidates received from the Indiana State Teachers Association's political action committee.
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.
MoreEducation Roundtable hires former union lobbyist as director
July 16, 2010
J.K. WallDan Clark will direct efforts to coordinate and align Indiana’s K-12 and postsecondary educational systems, as well
as work force agencies like the Department of Workforce Development.
MoreOther states join Indiana in spurning grant program
May 31, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressAbout two dozen states are going back to Washington for another shot at billions in education grants under the "Race to the
Top" program, but at least nine others including Indiana are opting out of trying a second time.
MoreEducation trend targets training for principals
May 1, 2010
J.K. WallThree Hoosier universities—Notre Dame, Marian and Indiana—are moving to launch programs that seek to apply MBA-style
training to the unique demands of schools.
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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.