Brandon Brown: Indianapolis schools move from crisis to opportunity
While hard decisions remain for IPS, HEA 1423 creates the opportunity for a restructured school system, acknowledging that the status quo was no longer acceptable.
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Brandon Brown: IPS should share funding and, in doing, reinvent itself
In Indiana, state education dollars follow public school students to the schools of their choice. Local funding, however, does not.
Brandon Brown and Patrick J. Wolf: With fiscal challenges ahead, invest in schools that excel
Public charter schools are a great investment. Across nine major cities, researchers found that charter schools produced more learning and higher predicted lifetime earnings than traditional public schools per education dollar spent.
Brandon Brown: Public charter school students deserve fair resources
Solutions do not need to come at the expense of students in district-run schools.
Brandon Brown and Fred Payne: Keep Indiana leading by investing in summer learning
Indy Summer Learning Labs is a proven method for accelerating student learning. Results from the first two years indicate that learning gains outpaced what was occurring even before the pandemic.
Ann Murtlow & Brandon Brown: A plan to stem the tide of learning loss
@e’re very encouraged by the introduction of House Bill 1008 in this year’s Indiana legislative session that would establish a $150 million fund, administered by the Indiana Department of Education, to provide resources to communities to combat learning loss throughout the state.