The Daily Report Card: Bennett Repeats Threats To Withhold IPS Funding

April 27, 2012 | 9:00 AM

The Indianapolis Public Schools logo in front of George Washington Community High School. (The state isn't taking over this school, by the way, but it is one of the seven schools involved in an unprecedented statewide intervention.)

“In short, it’s a mess — and one created, at least in part, by the lack of any strict rules in Indiana governing what is an unprecedented process in the state: transferring schools from a school district to private operators.”
—Scott Elliott, Indy Star education reporter

A bumpy transition for Indiana schools – Indiana’s top school official, Tony Bennett, is repeating previous threats that Indianapolis Public Schools could have its state money withheld if it the district doesn’t start cooperating with the takeover process underway in four of its schools. IPS contends it’s in competition with the takeover operators. Indianapolis Star

$100 million deal for Purdue collapses – “Details are scant as to what led to the breakdown of the agreement [with the Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering], which was widely heralded in 2007 by Purdue yet eyed skeptically by other universities.” Lafayette Journal & Courier

Common Core and the specter of “implementation lite” – “It’s not easy to get right, but when effectively implemented this playbook gets results. At least on the school and district level. Therein lies the challenge: we have yet to see equally dramatic results on the state level.” Fordam Institute’s Flypaper Blog

EVSC stands by decision to end JROTC program at Central High School – That leaves “Harrison as the only Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. high school offering the program.” Evansville Courier & Press

Comments

About StateImpact

Economy

Education

Energy