Students at a pre-kindergarten camp in Avon, Ind., play a counting game. Many are calling on the legislature to expand the current pre-k pilot program to help more kids. (Elle Moxley/StateImpact Indiana)
One of Indiana’s leading preschool advocacy organizations wants the state to better align its elementary and preschool classrooms. The group says the disconnect can cause frustrating overlaps for both students and teachers.
The report from Early Learning Indiana says classroom cohesion for young children has important benefits – like more student progress and efficiency for teachers.
The State Board of Education approved school corporation A-F letter grades Wednesday for the 2016-2017 school year.
Of the state 289 school corporations 48 earned an A on for 2017. That’s more than double the number of districts that earned the top grade last year – 23 corporations.
Of the districts assigned 2017 grades: 149 assigned B; 63 assigned C; Six assigned; One assigned F.
“Some days I feel bad, some days I feel sad, It’s just a roller coaster of emotions.”
Twelve-year-old Avery Elmore lost his dad to a heroin overdose in May of this year.
“It has been five months but it doesn’t even feel that long,” Elmore says. “I wanted to go to the drug dealers and confront them but my mom said that wasn’t OK. The only way I can get it out is by speaking.”
A Hoosier boy who lost a parent to a drug overdose is turning his negative experience into a positive learning experience for other Indiana residents. As IPR’s Britney Ermon reports, he spoke in Anderson this weekend to teach people more about the opioid public health crisis. “Some days I fe
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos spoke to thousands of students from across the country Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse for the 2017 National FFA Convention.
During her speech, DeVos discussed the future of agriculture and her hopes to inspire students to achieve their education through multiple avenues.
Photo: James Vavrek U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos spoke to thousands of students from across the country Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse for the 2017 National FFA Convention. During her speech, DeVos discussed the future of agriculture and her hopes to inspire students to achieve their education through multiple avenues.
Muncie Schools CFO Bob Coddington presents a 2018 balanced budget proposal to school board members. (Stephanie Wiechmann/IPR)
The financial officer for Muncie Community Schools says the financially impaired district could have a zero-deficit cash flow by December and a balanced budget next year. But that hope hinges on selling buildings by the end of the year.
According to Bob Coddington, the Muncie Community Schools chief financial officer, the district had a June cash flow of negative $8.2 million. In a Tuesday night presentation, that number is now negative $1.7 million. And then, in front of a school board that’s been getting state attention for its multi-million dollar debt, Coddington used the number zero.
The school will close at the end of the 2017-2018 school year. (Wikimedia Commons)
The Richland-Bean Blossom school board voted Monday night to close Stinesville Elementary school at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year as part of a larger facilities improvement proposal.
Community members gathered in the parking lot before the meeting started for public comment and an open vigil. Some brought handmade signs and posters asking board members to delay the vote and to “think of the kids.”
Parents, teachers and students spoke out during the meeting’s 30-minute public comment period.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, EducationSuperHighway CEO Evan Marwell and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick annouce a partnership to improve high-speed broadband access to Indiana schools on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017 at Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township\’s Blue Academy. (Eric Weddle/WFYI News)
A national nonprofit is partnering with Indiana to improve high-speed internet access for schools across Indiana during the next two years.
The focus will be on 30 schools that lack high-speed fiber connections. There will also be assistance for school districts to apply for federal grants to improve broadband infrastructure or increase classroom Wi-Fi access.
Since 2015, elected officials, lawmakers, and education leaders have tried to address the teaching force in Indiana. (FILE PHOTO: Rachel Morello/StateImpact Indiana)
A new report finds the state’s public school districts still struggle to hire teachers despite efforts by the state to address the problem.
Of school districts that responded to Indiana State University’s survey, 94 percent say they’re experiencing a teacher shortage.
This year’s results are a slight uptick from last year when 92 percent of districts reported shortages. In 2015, the first year of the survey, 95 percent of superintendents reported the problem.
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