American Structurepoint’s $250,000 gift combined with $100,000 from IPS will allow the school district to expand Project Lead the Way’s STEM curriculum from five schools to more than 50.
In dramatic shift away from a traditional centralized district, more than 10 percent of IPS students soon will attend schools outside of district control.
After a long debate, board members said they didn’t have enough information to make a decision.
Originally set to vote Thursday, board members decided they needed more time to examine proposals for redeveloping the former Coca-Cola bottling plant site and to get feedback from neighbors.
The state legislature on Wednesday brought back to life all or part of two education bills that had pretty much been given up for dead.
Indiana House lawmakers on Thursday effectively killed a proposal that would have diminished the power of teachers unions amid an intense backlash from labor leaders and opposition from within the GOP.
Medical malpractice victims would be able to receive more compensation under a bill passed on Monday by an Indiana House committee
The new contract increases Ferebee’s potential pay to $287,000 a year and extends his contract until 2019.
One proposal that would give school districts authority to negotiate higher pay with individual teachers faces an uncertain fate after the Republican Senate leader pronounced it dead Thursday. Another measure is still alive in the House.
Despite school choice options and other efforts to recruit families, the state’s second-largest district expects to lose 968 students next year.
A measure passed on a 38-10 vote would create a 22-member panel to "study alternatives to the ISTEP" and "make recommendations for replacing" the test.
Pass Whiz, the app created by 17-year-old Zack Baker, allows students to request a pass to leave the classroom which teachers can approve or deny by tapping a button.
Many school district administrators and Indiana's teachers unions are arguing against a legislative proposal that would give districts the authority to negotiate higher pay with individual teachers.
A review of documents showed a top education official made significant alterations to a report that detailed a so-called independent investigation into the unpopular standardized ISTEP+ exam for students.
A report summarizing what was billed as an independent investigation into Indiana's new, unpopular standardized student exam includes edits and suggested changes by a state administrator hired by Gov. Mike Pence's State Board of Education.
A handful of parents and educators spoke out against a proposed raise for Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis Ferebee at school board hearing Tuesday night, calling on the district to spend the money on other needs.
This year’s exam, created for the first time by the British testing company Pearson, will be largely administered on computers instead of on paper. That has educators—stung by a string of recent testing problems—on edge.
A bill that would create a path for teachers to try to negotiate extra pay and manage their own pension funds passed the Indiana House on Wednesday despite passionate opposition from Democrats and others.
More than three-quarters of Indiana's school districts are receiving A or B grades under the state's rating system.
Teachers in high-demand jobs—like science, math or foreign language—would be free to try to negotiate better pay even beyond what their school’s union scales allow under a bill the Indiana House will consider next week.
