Fairbanks Foundation awards $12M to local schools for drug prevention
The initiative will provide grants to public and private K-12 schools in Marion County to support substance-abuse programs.
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IPS fields five bids for buying, revamping site on hot East 16th Street corridor
The 4.5-acre parcel just east of the Monon Trail received a high bid of $2.75 million. All of the proposals would mix commercial and housing development.
Indiana’s high school graduation rate on stagnant pace
Indiana’s high school graduation rate steadily climbed from 78 percent to 87 percent from 2007 to 2011. But since then, it has barely budged.
State board OKs new A-F plan that ‘will affect every school in Indiana’
Student test scores would play a bigger role in determining school A-F grades under new draft rules approved Wednesday by the Indiana State Board of Education.
Holcomb lays out plan to ‘skill up’ thousands of Hoosier workers
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.
11 ideas to boost workforce development in Indiana, as proposed by legislators
Faced with a shortage of skilled workers to fill some available jobs, legislators have proposed myriad bills this session aimed at tackling the issue and improving the effectiveness of the state’s system.
Two bills address financial distress in troubled school districts
Lawmakers warn that more school districts will face budgetary distress in the coming years.
Indiana senate proposes one high school diploma
The Indiana senate has filed a bill that aims to solve the state’s high school diploma dilemma by combining its four current diplomas into one.
Indiana bill would tap savings to fix $11.8M school-funding shortfall
Indiana lawmakers have a proposal to shuffle state money around to cover an $11.8 million shortfall in school funding that emerged late last year.
IPS board votes to ask taxpayers for $936 million in additional funding
District leaders said that in the face of declining state and federal funding, raising property taxes is the only tool IPS has to fund teacher raises, building maintenance, busing and quality special ed programs.
Indianapolis private school plans to increase enrollment by 400-plus
An Indianapolis private school dedicated to promoting racial and economic integration is planning to grow by 50 percent in the coming years.
Endowment to fund homework hotline through 2020
The statewide hotline run by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology also will begin collecting information from tutoring sessions to help identify students’ knowledge gaps.
Holcomb: Flailing online schools need ‘immediate attention and action’
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.
Parents, educators object to new high school graduation plan
Indiana education officials are set to vote on a plan that would overhaul the state’s high school graduation requirements. On Tuesday, many educators and parents from across the state spoke out strongly against it.
McCormick’s legislative wish list: Diploma fixes, mandatory kindergarten
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick laid out her agenda for the upcoming year on Tuesday, listing priorities ahead of the next General Assembly.
IPS board gives superintendent Ferebee raise, bonus
Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis Ferebee is getting a $4,701 raise and a bonus of $28,000.
IPS elementary schools could be restarted with new staff
If the school board votes to restart the two schools, the current principals and teachers would be removed, and a charter operator or nonprofit will be brought in to run them.
New IPS contract offers raises for most teachers
Raises will range from $400 per year for experienced teachers to nearly $2,400 per year for teachers in their third year.
Indiana officials close records on troubled school district
The decision to withhold the information comes as the public prepares to comment on whether the state should take control of the financially struggling Muncie Community Schools.
Firm that makes plagiarism-detection software gets boost from Indy entrepreneur
Ray Henderson, who operates the boutique advisory firm Lessons Learned Ventures LLC, said he has joined the board of VeriCite as chairman with plans to “build the business in Indiana.”