Six local school districts chosen for grants to develop plans to boost college enrollment
The grants are part of the $10 million second phase of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation’s College Matters: Reversing the Trend initiative.
The grants are part of the $10 million second phase of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation’s College Matters: Reversing the Trend initiative.
Three newly-elected city-county councilors plan to make what is traditionally a part-time role their full-time jobs, at least for now.
The agreements provide a blueprint for which vehicles Stellantis, Ford and General Motors intend to build in the coming years and where they will do so.
The City-County Building and the city’s eight satellite early-voting locations saw 5,467 voters over the weekend—the first in which the satellite locations were open.
Jeff Bennett, a top official in the administration of Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett ever since the mayor took office in 2016, has left his position.
The Fairbanks Foundation is providing schools with a cash infusion in an effort to boost Indiana’s college-going rate.
Jamarro Johnson Jr. started working at the Community Alliance of the Far East Side when he was 13 years old, as a junior camp counselor working with 5- and 6-year-olds.
Bus driver shortages and teaching vacancies worsened in the wake of the pandemic, but some districts say things are now looking up.
In more than a dozen school districts across Indiana, construction clubs have formed to interest elementary and middle school students in building-trade careers.
Secured Tech Solutions partners with school districts that need to sell, protect or support devices such as iPads and Chromebooks.
Indianapolis developers receiving tax abatements have committed to providing nearly $5 million to help struggling middle- and low-income families gain access to economic opportunities and become more upwardly mobile.
Three Marion County school districts had funding proposals on the ballot as voters headed to the polls Tuesday. And all three received approval.
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The question is whether the cigar-chomping, straight-talking populism of political pundit Abdul-Hakim Shabazz will be enough to overcome the deep pockets and measured approach of wealthy businessman Jefferson Shreve.
The Warren Township district is asking voters for an $88 million property tax increase over eight years, in part to maintain the support it received from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding that the state says must be spent by the end of 2024.
Speedway joins two other Marion County school districts in asking voters in May to approve more funding.
Of the 47 candidates, 11 are running unopposed. That includes nine incumbents: four in Wayne, three in Beech Grove, one in Franklin Township Community Schools, and one in the Metropolitan School District of Washington Township.
Seven schools will close or merge and 39 others will change the grades they serve in a reconfiguration of Indianapolis Public Schools unveiled during the superintendent’s annual State of the District address on Tuesday night.
Eldridge, vice chair of the Indiana Democratic Party, is now the first Black chair of the Marion County Democratic Party after a landslide victory against three other candidates.
Federal child nutrition waivers were offered as a form of COVID-19 relief starting in March 2020, enabling school districts in Indiana and across the country to give out free lunches and breakfasts, regardless of family income. The program ended June 30.