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Heritage Group aims to boost startup ecosystem with accelerator
The Heritage Group announced it is partnering with worldwide entrepreneurial mentoring network Techstars to start a business accelerator that officials said will boost local startups and raise the region’s profile with venture capitalists.
Shortridge copes as high school more than doubles in size
Last school year, Shortridge had fewer than 450 students. This fall, enrollment has swelled to more than 1,000, following the closure of three of Indianapolis Public Schools’ other high school campuses.
Same-sex marriage could cost Catholic school counselor job
Roncalli High School said Shelly Fitzgerald has been placed on administrative leave after 15 years with the school.
Key lawmakers urge IPS to lease Broad Ripple High School to charter school
In a letter to Superintendent Lewis Ferebee and the IPS board, nine lawmakers urged the district to quickly accept a verbal offer to lease the building for up to $8 million.
I-69 construction crews preparing for IU student move-in
The Indiana Department of Transportation is in the final stages of construction of a 21-mile section of the highway from Bloomington to Martinsville.
Ball State sees large response after Papa John’s decision
The university is in the process of reviewing hundreds of messages, which have included both positive and negative reactions.
NCAA adopts college basketball reforms for draft, recruiting
The Indianapolis-based NCAA announced Wednesday that its Board of Governors and Division I Board of Directors adopted a "series of significant policy and legislative changes.”
Universities rush to meet cybersecurity job demand
Pretty much every school of note, including Indiana University, Purdue University, the University of Notre Dame, Ball State University and Ivy Tech Community College (which offers a well-regarded two-year associate’s degree certified by the National Security Agency) offers advanced education for students interested in cybersecurity.
Indianapolis schools land $7.5 million to fight drug abuse
The Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation announced Tuesday that it would give $7.5 million in grants to 24 Marion County schools and districts to help fund substance-use prevention.
Retailers put twist on back-to-school supplies to lift profit margins
Companies that make school supplies have figured out how to get parents to spend more by offering innovations on the basics.
North Carolina suspends 13 players for selling school-issued shoes
The NCAA violations will leave the Tar Heels with little depth during much of the football season's opening month.
UPDATE: Ball State to maintain ties to Papa John’s founder; Purdue won’t
Ball State University does not plan to change the name of the John H. Schnatter Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise. Purdue, however, is following the lead of several other colleges that have distanced themselves from the controversial Papa John’s Pizza chain founder.
Campaign for IPS referendums gets a $100K boost from advocacy group
Stand for Children Indiana will also launch a vast door-knocking campaign in support of two referendums requesting an extra $272 million from taxpayers, the group announced Thursday.
Gary Schools gets bid for just one of 33 former school properties
The emergency manager who oversees the financially struggling Gary school district put 33 closed schools up for sale, but only one property received interest.
IU aims to find cures for three forms of cancer, help prevent or slow other diseases
The university said it has hired 33 research faculty to help under the “Grand Challenges” program in precision health, an initiative it rolled out two years ago.
Even as IPS plans big cuts, construction of new buildings still possible
Superintendent Lewis Ferebee, who has made reducing the real estate owned by the district a cornerstone of his administration, mentioned the possibility of constructing new buildings during a media briefing this week.
‘Put your eye up to the universe’ at the Goethe Link Observatory
The former research facility in Morgan County reopened in 2012, after being shuttered 24 years, with a new focus on public engagement and education.
UPDATE: Indianapolis Public Schools again scales back referendum to win chamber support
The new proposal—which comes after a week of intense negotiations between the district and the chamber—passed 5-0 at a meeting Tuesday night.
Indiana schools request 3,200 metal detectors under new program
The program will provide one free hand-held metal detector for every 250 students.