The Wawasee Community School Corporation School Board aims to improve the corporation’s website and help find substitute teachers. WCSC Superintendent Steve Troyer had asked the Board in January for permission to explore a staffing company for substitute teachers – [...]
David Letterman’s IndyCar team is partnering with Ball State University to provide opportunities and financial assistance for students in the esports program. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing establishes the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Scholarship, which will provide a $5,000 scholarship [...]
John Schultz IV, a teen who allegedly planned a “Columbine-style” school shooting, as part of a plea agreement, pleads guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit murder does not result in death, a Level 2 felony, State v. [...]
Goshen Community Schools announces budget cuts to keep the corporation “sustainable and financially healthy.” In a video on its YouTube page, Superintendent Steven Hope tells the community the school corporation is struggling financially and has lived beyond its means [...]
Where did HB 1252, authored by House Committee on Education Chair Bob Behning (R) of Indianapolis go this session? Well, it was squeezed, wholesale, into SB 2 as an amendment Wednesday. HB 1252 would establish the Indiana student enrichment [...]
The Indiana House Republican caucus earlier this year obtained data from the Indiana Department of Education for all Indiana high schools showing how many students withdrew to enroll in a homeschool in 2017 and 2018, the average number of [...]
The Governor and legislative leaders announced Monday morning they have agreed to freeze accountability for schools and teachers in the wake of a dramatic decline in student scores during the first year of statewide implementation of a new standardized [...]
The Governor’s Next Level Jobs Workforce Ready Grant program received a shot in the arm during the legislative session that ended in late April. The Workforce Ready Grant (WRG) program provides Hoosiers who have a high school diploma or [...]
The Indiana Charter School Board meets May 14 to consider applications from three prospective charter schools seeking to open in Indianapolis for the 2020-2021 school year. The GEO Foundation requests approval for an Early College High School that would [...]
Ten school property tax referenda seeking additional dollars for student safety, mental health services, teacher compensation, transportation, and other essentials were at stake during the primary elections on Tuesday, May 7. Six school referenda succeeded, and four foundered, the [...]