Morning Bell: Tippecanoe Enrollment Growing, Support For Adult Charter School

Elle Moxley / StateImpact Indiana

Students eat lunch at Wea Ridge Elementary on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. The Tippecanoe School Corporation gained 360 students this year.

TSC sees second highest enrollment growth in decade – “Principal Scott Peters said the school has done everything from combining classrooms to converting art rooms into classroom space. But such coping mechanisms are no longer adequate.” Lafayette Journal and Courier

Crowd supports charter proposal – “Claire Fiddian-Green, executive director of the state charter school board, said the crowd, while not the largest she had ever seen at a hearing, was bigger than the usual 25. She was impressed with the comments.” Richmond Palladium-Item

Charter school switching gears – “The founding board of the Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy believes its work starting a new charter school is done and hopes to bring a new 11-member governing board to handle oversight.” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Sometimes, the Union’s Job is to Say No – “While Mayor Emanuel made some unfortunate concessions to finish the deal, it was a win for teachers and students that performance pay did not make it into the contract. Fair performance pay requires consistently valid evaluation, and all evidence indicates that Chicago still has a long way to go before that’s true.” The Quick & The Ed