Background
Stories about how government shapes education statewide.
Stories about how government shapes education statewide.
The House passed a bill that replaces the ISTEP. The bill now goes to the Senate for discussion.
The Senate voted down a bill that would make the state superintendent an appointed position, rather than an elected one.
Indiana does not include contraception as part of it’s sexual education but does require schools to teach abstinence.
The Indiana House of Representatives passed their version of preschool expansion Tuesday, but not without concerns from both parties.
The accreditor implementing new rules for dual credit teachers gave Indiana teachers an extension to meet new requirements for teaching the classes.
State superintendent-elect Jennifer McCormick announced her transition team to assemble her cabinet before taking office in January.
The Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, directs more attention to English Language Learners. This new federal education law replaced No Child Left Behind last December, and it could mean a big change for ELL students and the schools that educate them. One ESSA provision dictates states move English learner instruction from Title III, the program it used […]
A group of superintendents from around the state wrote a letter this week criticizing the way the process of re-writing the state assessment is being handles. The Indiana Urban Schools Association issued the letter, which is aimed at legislatures and the state’s ISTEP panel. The panel, created during the 2016 General Assembly, charged a group of […]
IU researchers found that Indiana’s school voucher program has the most students attending a private school with state money that never attended public school.
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce endorsed Jennifer McCormick Monday for state superintendent.
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