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State awards grants for education technology programs
Staff report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – State Superintendent Glenda Ritz announced the winners Tuesday of two sets of grants focused on technology. More than two dozen school districts and educational groups have received Technology Resource Grants from the Indiana Department of Education. They are meant to help organizations purchase technology resources for student instruction in career [...]
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Pence: Stats show vouchers are not hurting students in public schools
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com Gov. Mike Pence told a gathering of school choice advocates on Monday in Washington D.C. that recent graduation rates and standardized test scores prove Indiana’s private school voucher system is not hurting public schools. Pence used statistics released in just the past few months – data from only the first year [...]
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Video & story: Butler among schools making internships part of curriculum
A day in the life of a Butler University intern from TheStatehouseFile.com on Vimeo. By Samantha Pierson, Kori Steer and Jack Messer TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – About 80 percent of Butler students do some form of career related activities before they graduate. Read more: Colleges make hands-on learning opportunities part of curriculum They can be [...]
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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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Pence signs voucher expansion bill into law
By Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill into law Thursday that will expand the state’s school voucher program in front of 150 students, including some who already are benefiting from the program. Students from seven different private vouchers schools met at the Calvary Christian School auditorium with signs that said, [...]
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Pence signs budget, tax-cut bill into law
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Hoosier workers will get income tax breaks in 2015 and 2017 under a $30 billion, two-year budget bill that Republican Gov. Mike Pence signed into law Thursday. The bill reduces individual income tax rates by a total of 5 percent in two steps. It will save a household with [...]
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Pence signs law to fund resource officers at schools
By JesselynBickley TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill Tuesday that creates a grant program to fund resource officers with the goal of increasing school safety. Pence said he won’t stop at signing the bill, though. The governor has created a working group to consider other changes that could enhance school safety. Meanwhile [...]
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Video & story: Lawmakers opt to study expanding concussion rules
By Chase Howell and Zach Osowski TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Jack Leppert lined up at football practice, ready to make the big hit. He always went full speed, putting all his effort into making his “opponent” pay for stepping onto the field. This time, though, would be different. Jack lunged at the lineman across from him [...]
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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 [...]