Over the past decade, Indiana has become Ground Zero in the battles of over school reform. The state has allowed the creation of scores of charter schools, concentrated in the state’s three largest counties – Marion (Indianapolis), Lake and Allen. Indiana now has the largest school voucher program in the country with thousands of students […]
UPDATED: How Did Black Students Do On This Year’s ISTEP Tests? Find Out Here! Good News and Bad News
UPDATED WITH LINK TO STATE ISTEP DATABASE & REACTION OF STATE SUPT. DR. TONY BENNETT: African-American public school students in Indianapolis/Marion County continue to improve their performance in the annual ISTEP tests conducted for third through eighth graders in Indiana’s schools. The annual analysis of 2012 ISTEP data by Praise Indy.com and The Indianapolis Recorder […]
In a series of articles and editorials this week, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette newspaper has accused the operator of charter schools in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne of not adhering to state laws governing charter schools. In the articles, the Journal Gazette reports that instead of the boards of the four Imagine Charter Schools in […]
