We wrote earlier this week about proactive state interventions in “failing” schools. Now, the state has written rules allowing for more takeovers of failing schools:
“New rules proposed by the Indiana State Board of Education could greatly expand the number of schools subject to takeover — putting more than 100 schools in 76 districts in jeopardy. Those schools include eight more in Indianapolis Public Schools as well as five other Marion County schools — one each in Decatur, Franklin, Lawrence, Pike and Wayne townships. One other school in the Indianapolis area — Waldron Junior-Senior High School in Shelby Eastern — also would be on the list.”
Read more at: www.indystar.com
