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.
Red tape involved in firing teachers is thick. But risk-averse administrators may be the bigger problem.
Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Franklin Township Schools and Middlebury Community Schools sued the state in February, claiming the school funding formula unfairly penalizes growing districts.
The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township Schools is the only school system in Indiana and one of just 36 nationwide receiving the grants from the U.S. Department of Education.
Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Franklin Township Schools and Middlebury Community Schools sued the state in February, claiming the school funding formula unfairly penalizes growing districts.
Indiana's top school official says more students are graduating high school and many schools have closed the achievement
gap between white students and their black peers despite lean funding.
The Common Core State Standards are intended to replace education goals that vary wildly from state to state with a uniform
set of expectations. The standards have already been adopted by many states, with a majority expected to sign up soon.
Dan Clark will direct efforts to coordinate and align Indiana’s K-12 and postsecondary educational systems, as well
as work force agencies like the Department of Workforce Development.
The Indiana Department of Education has awarded Marian University a $500,000 contract to operate a Turnaround
Leadership Academy, designed to train school leaders who can lead rapid improvements at struggling schools.
The grants announced Monday include $5.9 million for Hammond High School, $5.8 million for Glenwood Middle School, $2.2 million
for Indianapolis Metropolitan High School and $1.6 million for the Challenge Foundation Academy.
Beginning this summer, the Department of Agriculture will house Indiana FFA's executive offices.
The state is building a massive data system with a tough-love intent of rewarding good educators and schools and hammering
poor performers.
The head of a national teachers union said Indiana’s Department of Education is among the three most hostile to teachers in
the country.
About two dozen states are going back to Washington for another shot at billions in education grants under the “Race to the
Top” program, but at least nine others including Indiana are opting out of trying a second time.
State will bow out of the $4.35 billion federal competition after a highly public feud between public schools chief Tony Bennett
and the state’s teachers unions.
Indiana is among the nation’s five most underfunded teacher pension programs, but low ranking is misleading.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett invites heads of teachers unions to meeting to publicly share reform ideas instead of “bureaucratic rhetoric and no
specifics.”
State superintendent of public instruction says teacher union support imperative to win federal grant.
Daniels signed the new rules Tuesday, three months after a state panel approved them amid criticism from college educators.
Indiana has missed out in the first round of the U.S. Department of Education’s “Race to the Top” competition, which will
deliver $4.35 billion in school-reform grants.
