The IPS board has chosen Lewis Ferebee from North Carolina to replace Eugene White, who led IPS for nearly eight years. The 39-year-old Ferebee has been chief of staff in the Durham Public Schools district, roughly the same size as IPS.
The state’s second-largest public school district is continuing to look for further cost reductions in its operations and, down the road, in its buildings.
Indianapolis Public Schools has narrowed its search for a superintendent to three out-of-state candidates who have never served as the top leader at a school district before.
Thomas Carr Howe Community High School, one of four taken over by the state Department of Education, is being remade yet again. And this time it faces a slew of competitors in the education-reform arena.
The state Department of Education has asked schools for a second straight day to reduce the number of students taking the test by half to avoid more problems.
A study by Chicago-based IFF found that 49 percent of K-12 students in Marion County are in schools that earned an A or B last year from the Indiana Department of Education.
The interim superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools is taking steps to shore up the struggling district, but says she faces a "complex job" that won't bring miracles during her tenure.
The Indianapolis Public Schools board will vote Tuesday night to hire Peggy Hinckley, former superintendent of Warren Township schools, as interim superintendent to replace Eugene White.
The embattled superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools says he's retiring from the state's largest school system on April 5. Eugene White announced the move to the IPS board Tuesday night.
Eugene White has led Indianapolis Public Schools for seven years. His planned departure follows the recent election of reform-minded school board candidates who have questioned whether he is the right leader for the district.
What exactly does The Mind Trust do? What happened to its report on remaking IPS? Do you need teaching experience to reform education? David Harris has answers.
District officials say they hope to enroll about 1,400 4-year-olds in the program this month.
A judge ruled last month that the state improperly counted enrollment at four troubled schools that were handed over to private operators this school year.
The ruling means more than $6 million in student funding transferred from IPS to the schools' private operators should not have been taken away.
Three new reform-minded IPS board members could help usher in sweeping changes to the school district. At the state level, however, school librarian Glenda Ritz denied Tony Bennett a second term as voters spurned his sweeping education overhaul.
The Indianapolis Public Schools board will have a new look in the new year.
Caitlin Hannon, who is in a three-way contest for the Indianapolis Public Schools District 1, has raised $62,437 this year, including $34,000 from out-of-state education reformers.
A slight majority of more than 7,000 residents in the Indianapolis Public Schools district are dissatisfied with the school system, according to surveys conducted in late summer by a coalition of community groups, including IPS itself.
Enrollment in Fort Wayne Community Schools is projected to surpass enrollment in Indianapolis Public Schools, making it Indiana's largest school district.
Scores released Tuesday by the state education department show that of the 500,000 students taking the standardized tests, 71 percent passed both the language arts and math sections. That's up one percentage point from last year.
