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Technology concerns arise as state approaches ISTEP testing

February 4, 2016

This year’s exam, created for the first time by the British testing company Pearson, will be largely administered on computers instead of on paper. That has educators—stung by a string of recent testing problems—on edge.

Hogsett picks longtime advisers, relative strangers for senior posts

March 24, 2016

The new mayor’s cabinet is a purposeful mix of demographically diverse private-sector workers, government officials and local not-for-profit leaders. Political experience and affiliation on both sides of the aisle.

Tracking Indy’s mosquitoes, one ditch at a time

June 23, 2016

How do local health officials figure out where the mosquitoes are breeding, and whether they are spreading disease? It all starts with the field worker, looking in ditch after ditch. One of them is my son. I spend a few hours tagging along.

The end of busing in Indy: A more segregated school system calls it quits

June 30, 2016

The lawyers and advocates who fought for the city’s busing program believed it would give all Marion County students the same access to quality schools. But 35 years after the program began, it’s not clear what it achieved.

FOCUS: More kids take vocational classes but challenges remain

August 11, 2016

In the school year that ended in May, nearly 175,000 students were enrolled in more than 235,000 career and technical classes. That’s an 11 percent increase since the 2012-2013 school year, when Gov. Mike Pence challenged schools to serve students going to work as well as students going to college.

Indiana flunked hardly any teachers last school year, new DOE report shows

August 11, 2016

Of the 68,386 educators evaluated by the state in 2015, just 260—0.38 percent—got the lowest rating, a status that could put educators in the state at risk for being fired.

Democrats push to be relevant at Statehouse

October 27, 2016

Indiana Republicans are playing defense this year, as they try to guard their supermajorities in the Indiana General Assembly.

Records for Nov. 7-14, 2016

November 3, 2016

Here are the records listings for Nov. 7-14, 2016.

Seattle-based bar-accessory business plans local warehouse, 101 jobs

December 6, 2016

True Fabrications Inc. has proposed occupying an existing 125,194-square-foot building in Warren Township to use as its first regional distribution center outside of Washington.

2017 Forty Under 40: Baindu Lucy Bayon

February 8, 2017

One of only a few African-American women in biomedical science, Baindu Lucy Bayon is earning recognition for her own research and for her steadfast outreach to help open doors for others in STEM fields.

More Indiana students taking AP exams, but half aren’t passing them

March 9, 2017

In every school district in Marion County, students are taking the opportunity to sign up for high school Advanced Placement courses that can earn them college credit.

FAST 25: Asphalt Solutions Inc.

July 10, 2017

Company President Chad McIntyre is a mechanical engineer who saw an opportunity in concrete and asphalt repairs and paving.

Push for merging small Indiana townships nears House vote

February 4, 2018

Hundreds of Indiana’s least-populated townships face forced mergers with their neighbors in what would be the most significant overhaul of the local governments since a gubernatorial commission called for their elimination a decade ago.

Local voters approve tax hikes for schools, but not for jail expansion

May 9, 2018

School funding referendums were successful in Warren Township and in Hendricks and Madison counties. Hancock County voters, however, rejected a $55 million criminal justice proposal.

IPS rolls out scaled-back tax request to fund building renovations

June 6, 2018

The proposed request—which comes three months after the school district abruptly withdrew referendums from the May ballot—is the first piece of a new plan to increase school funding.

IPS’ big ask: What a $220 million referendum means for the district and its taxpayers

August 23, 2018

The district says that, to keep its main priority on the table—raising money for salary increases for teachers and staff—it made tradeoffs that could leave it financially vulnerable down the road.

2018 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Myla A. Eldridge

November 1, 2018

Myla Eldridge has saved about three quarters of a million dollars of taxpayer money by “smart-sizing” the Marion County Clerk’s Office.

Letter: No apologies from township schools

April 10, 2019

Prior to making broad generalizations around the need for “attention, engagement, and scrutiny,” it is important to ensure that all of the facts are in place.

Amid enrollment concerns, state charter board rejects two Indianapolis schools

May 15, 2019

The Indiana Charter School Board voted down two charter applicants Tuesday after raising concerns that they would not be able to attract enough students to be viable in a city where many schools are already under-enrolled.

Volkswagen settlement funds fuel-efficient buses, trucks

August 16, 2019 | Lindsey Erdody

Indiana is receiving $41 million from the $2.9 billion portion of the settlement dedicated to funding projects that reduce diesel emissions.

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