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State graduation rate keeps increasing
Staff reporter TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The state’s graduation rate inched up to 88.4 percent in 2012, the Department of Education announced Monday. The rate was 86.6 percent in 2011 and has been steadily increases. State Superintendent Glenda Ritz had no immediate comment on the new rate. The graduation rate is considered a “cohort” rate because [...]
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DOE launches summer reading initiative
By Megan Banta TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz announced the start of “Hoosier Family of Readers,” the Indiana Department of Education’s statewide literacy initiative, on Friday. “School is about to end for the summer, but in Indiana, learning never ends,” Ritz said in a prepared statement.. “This summer, we will be [...]
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State ed board says ISTEP problems ‘disastrous,’ makes results questionable
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Members of the State Board of Education say they’re concerned about the validity of ISTEP+ tests that have been interrupted by technology glitches this week in schools across the state. Click here to see the statement from CTB/McGraw-Hill about ISTEP+ problems. Board members threw out words including “mess” and [...]
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Commentary: Ritz takes right step for wrong reason
By Cam Savage TheStatehouseFile.com A breakthrough for education reformers came this week as staunchly anti-reform Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz embraced the state’s A-F school grading and accountability system, even if she didn’t realize it. As state legislators put the finishing touches on a plan to expand Indiana’s school choice voucher program, a StatehouseFile.com [...]
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Ritz announces new Facebook pages, Twitter handles for education department
By Natavia Howell TheStatehouseFile.com Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz announced Tuesday that the Indiana Department of Education will ramp up its social media efforts, including the introduction of two new Facebook pages and two new Twitter handles. “Social media is a very powerful tool and my team will use both Facebook and Twitter to [...]
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Commentary: Symbolism matters in education reform debate
By Cam Savage TheStatehouseFile.com After four years of Tony Bennett, defenders of the status quo and opponents of education accountability hoped they’d get a superintendent of public instruction who would pump the brakes on education reform, lower expectations and generally leave them alone. Well, they got one. So when Superintendent Glenda Ritz took some heat [...]
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Podcast: Statehouse news for the week ending March 22
The House strips live dealers and inland casinos from a gambling bill, a Senate committee approves mass transit for Central Indiana. And state Superintendent Glenda Ritz tells budget writers in the Senate that schools need their help. Those are the top Statehouse headlines for the week ending in March 22. Listen as Darian Eswine and other [...]
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Ritz tells senators that schools need more money
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com Radio report State Superintendent Glenda Ritz tells budget writers in the Senate that schools need their help. Lesley Weidenbener of TheStatehouseFile.com reports. INDIANAPOLIS – State Superintendent Glenda Ritz told Senate budget writers in the Senate that schools need their help. In testimony to the Senate Appropriations Committee, Ritz said she appreciates [...]
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Commentary: Republicans right not to trust Ritz
By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz IndyPolitics.Org Quick question, would you trust somebody who publicly declared time and again that they opposed basically everything you represented? Or here’s another question: would you trust someone who found the work you do so offensive that they filed a lawsuit against you to stop one of your biggest achievements? Of course [...]
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Analysis: Lawmakers, state ed board may have rocky road ahead
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – There’s been significant speculation about how Democrat Glenda Ritz – the state superintendent elected last November – would get along with the Republican governor and majorities in the General Assembly. But the more interesting relationship is between those GOP officials and members of the State Board of Education. That [...]