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The 23-member ISTEP+ Review Panel will study alternatives to ISTEP+ and make recommendations for a shorter, simpler-to-administer test by December.
All week we are taking a closer look at the ten school referenda that will appear on ballots around the state May 3. A referendum asks voters in a particular area to choose whether to increase their property taxes to fund schools. We will follow all ten referenda and post results as they come in the […]
The State Board of Education meets Friday for its monthly meeting. It will decide the fate of seven failing schools.
Commission for Higher Education Teresa Lubbers will deliver her fourth State of Higher Education address Wednesday.
Graduate students at Purdue want to form a labor union, and a similar movement is happening around the country at private universities.
There’s a new federal education law coming to town. It’s the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the updated version of George W. Bush’s federal education law, No Child Left Behind. Since ESSA was introduced, states have been waiting to learn how it will affect local schools, and it looks like that time is soon. After Congress passed an updated […]
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy’s new governing board will now seek a charter renewal from Ball State.
Ft. Wayne Community Schools refused a request from the Indiana Department of Education to pilot test questions for next year’s ISTEP+.
Two Indiana laws intended to prevent failing charter schools from escaping closure or accountability through finding another sponsor could face their first test soon. Thea Bowman Leadership Academy in Gary, one of the state’s oldest charter schools, is set to lose its charter this summer after sponsor Ball State University declined to renew it — […]
The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday on a case regarding collective bargaining of teacher salaries.
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