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Opponents Of Sped-Up School Takeover Timeline Let State Officials Have It
Kyle Stokes / StateImpact IndianaShirley Wright, executive director for the Indiana Middle Level Education Association, testifies before a State Board of Education hearing in Indianapolis on Tuesday....
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Why Some Indiana Parents Won’t Let Their Kids Take State Tests This Spring
Kyle Stokes / StateImpact IndianaA small group of parents and educators meet at an Indianapolis art gallery. Most expressed concerns over the current direction in education policy, and discussed...
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State Panel Approves Rewired School Letter Grading System
Kyle Stokes / StateImpact IndianaThe Indiana State Board of Education met Wednesday — led by state superintendent Tony Bennett (left) — to approve new metrics for grading schools on an A-F scale.A All...
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The Numbers Are In: How Many Students At Indianapolis Takeover Schools Will...
Kyle Stokes / StateImpact IndianaManual High School in Indianapolis is one of five Indiana schools the state will take over next year. 43 percent of students currently enrolled in the four Indianapolis...
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‘Eugene White Doesn’t Want To Be Kicked Around’
Kyle Stokes / StateImpact IndianaIndianapolis Public Schools superintendent Eugene White presides over an August meeting of the school board. If Indianapolis Public Schools superintendent Eugene White...
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IPS Will Challenge State Funding Figures In Ongoing Takeover Fight
Kyle Stokes/StateImpact IndianaIPS superintendent Eugene White at a school board meeting in August 2011. Indianapolis Public Schools officials will appeal a State Board of Education decision the...
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When Enrollment Is A Moving Target, Turnaround Operators Do Best To Prepare
Elle Moxley / StateImpact IndianaSpencer Lloyd, center, and other teachers in his department work to develop curriculum based on state education standards. Lloyd taught at Manual High School last year...
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Bennett Says Legislature Should Look At District Takeover Provision Next Session
Carolyn Harless/WFIUState superintendent Tony Bennett (center) answers a question from the audience about the state's intervention in George Washington Community High School in Indianapolis with state...
View ArticleAfter Pulling High School Off 'Failing' List, Several Leaders Of Marion...
It’s like a great band breaking up in the world of Indiana education. Several members of the administrative team that turned around a flagging high school in Marion — a town with a high unemployment...
View ArticleHow Glenda Ritz Plans To Improve Struggling Indiana Schools
Though not as keen on outright takeovers as her predecessor, Glenda Ritz now employs 13 "outreach coordinators" to work with schools that have posted low test scores.
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