After 14 years and some of the highest school suspension numbers in the state, an Indianapolis charter network that has seen high academic achievement is relaxing its controversial approach to discipline in the upcoming school year.
All it takes to know that Purdue Polytechnic High School is doing something different is a walk through the campus in the basement of a technology office building in downtown Indianapolis.
In many parts of the city, the proliferation of charter schools is pushing the school choice conversation beyond simply providing more options to focusing on the quality of those options.
The Hoosier Academy school board voted in September not to renew the charter of its full-time online school after months of scrutiny from the state, dropping enrollment, and poor academic performance.
The step comes nearly five months after Gov. Eric Holcomb called for “immediate attention and action” on Indiana’s subpar online charter schools.
A recently released study raises questions about whether charter schools improve academic achievement for students in Indiana more than traditional public schools.
Nearly two decades after charter schools started operating in Indiana, officials have released the first state-mandated report on what they look like and how they’re doing.
Brandon Brown, the senior vice president of the group who previously worked under Mayor Greg Ballard as charter school director, will succeed David Harris as CEO.
Four schools have indicated to the Indianapolis mayor’s office that they’re interested in applying for charters. Three would replicate existing school models.
The long-vacant P.R. Mallory building on East Washington Street is closer to becoming occupied, after plans to bring the Purdue Polytechnic High School there stalled over higher-than-expected renovation costs.
Roiled by unsustainable debts, a disintegrating school board and violations of state requirements, Indiana College Preparatory School in Indianapolis will close at the end of the school year.
OneMatch is a web-based application process for IPS and 90 percent of Marion County charter schools.
Leaders of the $10.3 million Riverside High School project on the west side—a sister to Herron High School and set to open in the fall—have cobbled together several funding sources to finance the project.
In his State of the State address, the governor offered specific targets for returning college dropouts to school, helping inmates earn work certificates and pushing more companies to offer training programs.
The governor called the performance of one of the biggest online schools, Indiana Virtual, “unsatisfactory.” It has received more than $20 million in state funding while graduating about 61 students.
Byron Ernest worked for K12 Inc., one of the nation’s largest online school providers. Hoosier Academies contracts with K12 to manage its schools.
The Hoosier Academy school board has voted to not renew the charter of its full-time online school after months of scrutiny from the state, dropping enrollment, and poor academic performance.
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick said federal award will go to a minimum of 50 schools.
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick was joined Saturday by the last two women to hold her position in a public forum where they discussed charter schools and vouchers.
Charter Schools USA will maintain control of Howe and Manual High Schools for three more years—a move that means the schools will be spared from imminent closure.
