The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Friday, May 8, 2015. Listeners continued to be upset, interested and engaged in the issues of discipline and safety in schools, especially IPS in the wake of the fight video now seen around the world. But Friday’s program also covered other educational issues.  (At 02:48 Mark On Media Player). […]

DOWNLOADABLE DETAILED DATA AND CHARTS AT BOTTOM OF POST! African-American high school students have made remarkable progress in graduating on time from Indiana high schools, with nearly four-in-five graduating on time in the state and in Indianapolis. According to the 2014 Graduate Rate data released by the Indiana Department of Education, the statewide Black graduate […]

THIS IS A MAJOR, BREAKING STORY. CLICK BACK FOR UPDATES. NEW AUDIO FROM AFTERNOONS WITH AMOS ADDED. UPDATES FROM PARENTS MEETING AND FROM CITY! UPDATE, SUNDAY, AUG 24 – 4PM – The City’s Office of Educational Innovation, the office that supervises the Mayor’s Charter Schools, has announced a couple of important items for families of […]

It’s positive information if you’re an educator or a teacher, but to many in the general public and especially to school reformers and even some legislators who wrote Indiana’s Teacher Evaluation Law the first release of data on the effectiveness of Indiana public school educators wasn’t what they expected. Instead of seeing significant numbers of […]

The second year of the Indiana Department of Education’s IREAD reading test for Indiana third graders was a mixed bag for schools and districts with a mixture of incremental gains and declines, mixed in some cases with startling growth and decline. The data was released late Friday, May 10th by the Indiana Department of Education. Overall […]

Click Above to Hear the Full Interview. Runs 57 Minutes ©2012 WTLC/Radio One. A multiple choice reading test to be given in Mid-March to every Indiana third grade is make or break. Failing to pass the test, call “IRead” means a student will be held back, or retained in third grade for the next school […]

Click Above to Hear Interview. Runs 61 Minutes ©2012 WTLC/Radio One. Afternoons with Amos focused on the release of graduation rates for the high school Class of 2011, especially African-Americans. Amos broke down the data and discussed the results and its meaning with listeners and a panel which included Tammie Barney, VP, Greater Indianapolis Chamber […]

Audio Included in Post. Runs 26 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Last week, IPS vowed not to enroll students living in IPS neighborhoods who start school at charter schools then transfer back to IPS. To see the scope of this problem, WTLC-AM1310’s Afternoons with Amos program requested official enrollment data from the Indiana Department […]

Audio Included in Post. Runs 51 Minutes. Audio©2011 WTLC/Radio One. In a broadcast first, Afternoons with Amos examined Special Education in Indiana. Here is Part One of the wide ranging discussion with Anne Davis, Director of Special Education, Indiana Dept of Education and other staff explaining – What is Special Education? How is a child […]

Audio Included in Post. Runs 51 Minutes. Audio©2011 WTLC/Radio One. In a broadcast first, Afternoons with Amos examined Special Education in Indiana. Here is Part Two of the wide ranging discussion with Anne Davis, Director of Special Education, Indiana Dept of Education and other staff explaining – What is Special Education? How is a child […]

UPDATE: Interview with Indy Chambers Tanni Barney on impact Chamber’s Common Goal Effort had in boosting gaduation rates! Graduation rates for Indiana’s high school students, including African-American high school students, increased dramatically among the Class of 2010, according to data released today (Dec 20th) by the Indiana Department of Education. Statewide, 72.2% of all African-American […]