A new survey finds that only about one-quarter of Indiana residents support using public money to start more charter schools, which Gov. Mitch Daniels is pushing to do during the upcoming legislative session.
Election night victories for Indiana Republicans have paved the way for a major education overhaul that could affect thousands of students, teachers and parents and fundamentally change the way schools work in Indiana.
Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) College Preparatory School faces its seventh—and final—review this year, one that could determine its survival.
Playing off the new education reform documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman,’” the GEO Foundation is using a $100,000 grant to fund a fellowship to launch charter schools in Indianapolis.
The Indiana Public Charter Schools Association says enrollment at Indiana's public charter schools rose from about 11,000 students in the 2007/08 school year to about 23,000 this year — or about a 110 percent increase.
Indianapolis 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.
Under the agreement, Irvington Community School will lease the building from the city for 15 years at a cost of $1 annually.
City leaders will officially announce Wednesday morning that Irvington Preparatory School will occupy the children's home,
which closed in June of last year. The school has signed a 15-year lease with the city.
The Indiana Connections Academy Virtual Pilot School, financed with state education money and allowing students to work from
home, will serve about 280 children from around the state.
An Arkansas-based charity, formed by Wal-Mart Stores founder Sam Walton, will run a competition to award grants to five community
organizations that want to start charter schools.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is calling for a new law that would force public school districts to transfer unused buildings
to charter school startups looking for space.
Newsweek's list of top high schools, released Monday, ranks more than 1,600 schools, including 28 in Indiana.
Indianapolis-based Christel House is brokering sales of in-room coffee to resorts around the country, taking a 10-percent
royalty to do so. The coffee is roasted by Indianapolis-based Copper Moon Coffee Co. and packaged in red and green bags decorated
with drawings by students at Christel House’s schools.
Concerns about separation of church and state have prompted a national watchdog group to express reservations.
The 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.
Rural Community Academy, in Sullivan, south of Terre Haute, can enroll as many as 280 students in the 2010-11 academic year. Those students would do most of their work from home, accessing lectures and school materials via the Internet.
Mayor’s report shows smaller cash reserves for many schools, but one charter operator blames late government payments.
Indiana application for competitive grants includes aggressive proposals that could force out inefficient teachers and convert
struggling schools to charter schools.
State teachers union’s recommended approach differs sharply from spending cuts and salary freezes recommended by the Indiana
Board of Education.
Plans for residential development on the site stalled as the housing market plummeted and recession set in.
