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Schools, districts to receive teaching grants
By Darian Eswine TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS — Forty schools and school districts across Indiana have been selected by the Indiana Department of Education to receive Indiana’s Excellence in Performance for Teachers grants. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett announced the list of schools Friday, his last work day in office. The Indiana General Assembly established [...]
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Analysis: A crowded news year’s top stories
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – It wasn’t easy to pick out the Top 10 government and political stories in a year so packed with interesting issues and campaigns. And it was even tougher to rank the stories I settled on. Of course, you’re likely to quibble with my choices and already I’ve seen other [...]
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Full day kindergarten grows
By Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – More than 400 Indiana public and charter schools will begin receiving what amounts to an increase in funding of more than $100 million for students enrolled in full-day kindergarten. Together schools will receive $189 million for the 79,110 students who were enrolled into full-day kindergarten this school year. The [...]
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Commentary: First comes triumph, then overreaching
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The rhythm of political success stories is almost biblical in its cadences. First there is triumph. Overreaching follows. And, finally, comes the fall. Then the cycle begins again. In this past election, Indiana Republicans won a victory of historic proportion. They claimed supermajorities in both the Indiana House of [...]
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Pike Township educator receives prestigious national award
Staff report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Pike Township assistant principal Candace Ewing received a 2012 Milken Educator Award on Thursday in a surprise school assembly at Snacks Crossing Elementary. Ewing received an unrestricted cash prize of $25,000 from the Milken Family Foundation. “It is imperative that our nation’s best educators are honored both for their impact [...]
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Education board OKs teacher licensing rules over Ritz objections
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The State Board of Education amended and passed controversial changes to teacher licensing rules Wednesday over the objections of incoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz and a number of teachers who urged the group to slow down. Ritz – just weeks from taking office after defeating incumbent Republican [...]
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21 Indiana schools named to College Board’s honor roll
Staff report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Twenty-one school districts across Indiana have been named to the College Board’s 3rd Annual AP District Honor Roll. The 21 school districts are among more than 530 districts across the United States and Canada that were honored. “Indiana is committed to providing high school students opportunities to get them ready [...]
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Enrollment in school voucher program jumps significantly in second year
Staff report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Enrollment in Indiana’s private school voucher program has more than doubled in its second year, state education officials announced on the eve of an Indiana Supreme Court hearing on its constitutionality. The program – the broadest in the nation – allows low- to moderate-income families to obtain state-funded vouchers to [...]
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Q&A: Glenda Ritz says she’s wants to create ‘inclusive’ education policy
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Democrat Glenda Ritz defeated Republican Tony Bennett in a surprise upset for the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction last week. The teacher and librarian at Crooked Creek Elementary in Indianapolis did it by bringing together educators, parents and others frustrated by some of the big changes Bennett has [...]
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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 [...]