Morning Bell: Ritz Visitis Superintendents, Few Students Consider Early Graduation

Kyle Stokes / StateImpact Indiana

Superintendent-elect Glenda Ritz speaks at a campaign event in Bloomington in August.

Incoming Indiana public education head outlines goals in quick visit to Wells County – “The state’s impending public education superintendent, Glenda Ritz, is promising more local control during her term. Thursday, she visited with Wells County’s school superintendents and others at the Bluffton-Harrison administration building to discuss turning those promises into policies.” (Not much new to report, writes Scott Elliott, but the reactions are worth a read.) Indiana Economic Digest

Charter schools embrace change – “The opportunity to make quick changes is an advantage charter schools have over traditional public schools, according to Evansville’s two charter school executive directors.” Evansville Courier & Press

Students ponder Mitch Daniels Early Graduation Scholarship Program – “McCutcheon High School junior Brianna Hartman can’t imagine staying in high school any longer. By the time she’s finished her junior year, she’ll have attained all the credits needed for her diploma.” Lafayette Journal and Courier

21st Century Charter board to buy its school building – “The board will buy the building at 556 Washington St. for $3.5 million. The information about the sale and lease payments were disclosed in an independent audit conducted by Indianapolis-based auditors Katz Sapper & Miller on behalf of the Indiana State Board of Accounts.” The Times of Northwest Indiana