The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Wednesday, August 12, 2015. (Interview With Perry Township School Officials Starts At 1:18 Mark On PODCAST Media Player). It’s been thirty-six years since some 6,000 Black students were bused from Indianapolis Public Schools neighborhoods into six Marion County townships.  For those decades, Indianapolis’ cross district busing involved tens of […]

As a school district, the Indianapolis Public Schools made gains in district performance, but fell slightly short of improving their grade from an “F” to a “D”, in data released today by the Indiana Department of Education.  In the A-F performance grades approved by the State Board of Education and released by DOE, IPS received […]

CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES. CLICK HERE TO SEE GRADES FOR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS. 2013 A-F SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY GRADES FOR ALL INDIANA SCHOOLS   After delays over a scandal involving former Supt. Dr. Tony Bennett, and delays concerned the problems conducting the 2013 ISTEP tests online, the State Board of Education and the Indiana Department of Education have […]

In the first ever broadcast from Perry Township in WTLC’s long and stories history, Afternoons with Amos went to the southside school district to learn about education in a district that’s been involved in the Indianapolis desegregation effort for thirty-one years. Broadcasting live from Winchester Village Elementary School, Amos talked with Perry Township school officials […]