Stories about how government shapes education statewide.
After ISTEP scores dropped across the state this year, the legislature is expediting two bills to give relief to teachers and schools.
As many experts predicted, Indiana’s ISTEP+ scores fell significantly following the advent of new academic standards across the state.
Two education bills, both that address issues regarding lower ISTEP+ scores, will move through the General Assembly in the first few weeks of the 2016 session.
Longtime Gary Senator Earline Rogers – a champion for the district’s school system – will not seek reelection to a sixth term.
Our StateImpact Indiana team will follow education-related bills throughout the 2016 legislative session, which kicks off Tuesday.
Testing, teachers and new players on the national scale are just a few stories we know Indiana’s education playmakers will be following in 2016.
StateImpact visits Gary, Indiana to learn about the community school corporation’s efforts to turn around perceptions of their so-called failing district.
For the final story in our series from Gary, we meet someone who represents the shift the city’s schools are trying to make: “Officer Friendly.”
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