Morning Bell: Wi-Fi? Wi-Not! Kokomo Schools Adding Internet To Buses

Kyle Stokes / StateImpact Indiana

Wi-Fi? Wi-Not!

Kokomo-Center Schools plans Internet on school buses – It would be the first district in the state to do so, district officials say. It’ll cost $200,000 to install Wi-Fi systems on its 65 buses. (We’d guess it was considerably cheaper than buying these buses for KCS’ fleet.) Kokomo Tribune

White House Gives Outline of Early-Childhood Ed. Expansion Plan – “The administration would partner with states through a cost-sharing arrangement to extend federal funds to reach all low- and moderate-income families with 4-year-olds, meaning children from families that make at or below 200 percent of the poverty level.” Politics K-12

Officials take up school safety proposal – “Indiana legislators are expected to begin action on a measure aimed at improving the level of protection at the state’s schools.” AP

Democratic process in action on the Common Core – Heather Crossin went farther than most parents or statehouse outsiders would go, says Scott Elliott: “She kept asking questions and the more she found out, the more unhappy she was. She decided she was against the Common Core. She spoke to her state senator and persuaded him to introduce a bill to stop the Common Core.” Get On The Bus

Panel advances revamped IPFW, education bills – “The committee chose instead to require a working group made up of legislators and staff from the Commission for Higher Education to study the overall topic of regional campus governance, analyzing IPFW specifically for improvements.” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette