The Daily Report Card: Basketball, School Vouchers, And A’s And F’s

In The Classroom Today

IHSAA To Hold Single-Class Basketball Hearings | News – Indiana Public Media Fifteen years after adopting class basketball, the IHSAA will hold a series of town meetings to gauge whether people still want it that way. Commissioner Bobby Cox says the organization will travel around the state to get a sense of member schools‘ opinion. If there‘s strong support for returning to single-class basketball, the IHSAA‘s 17-member board of directors would decide whether to change the current tournament setup. (indianapublicmedia.org)

JournalGazette.net – Editorials | The Journal Gazette | Fort Wayne, IN Advocates of Indiana’s new, expansive voucher system received some good news last week when a Marion County judge ruled that the program does not violate Indiana’s constitution. The ruling, then, was bad for Hoosiers who question or oppose the voucher system because of the taxpayer money it sends to religious schools, raising concerns of church and state as well as siphoning money away from public schools. (journalgazette.net)

Doubts abound for A to F grades for schools | Get On The Bus | The Indianapolis Star | IndyStar.com The Indiana Urban Schools Association and the Indiana Chamber of
 Commerce don’t often agree on education issues. But on Tuesday they
found common ground — opposing the state’s proposed new A to F school grading system. And they weren’t alone. It seemed nearly everyone — superintendents, charter school advocates, school board members, business leaders — urged caution at Tuesday’s hearing for public input on the plan. The complaints were wide-ranging but a central theme focused on concerns about a new “growth” measure, which many said was either unfair or too hard for parents — or even schools — to understand. (blogs.indystar.com)