The Interim and soon to be leaving Superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools, Dr. Peggy Hinckley engaged in a contentious interview on Afternoons with Amos. In talking about IPS’ $30 million budget deficit and those controversial staff cuts which disproportionately impacted African-Americans, Amos repeatedly asked about IPS’ commitment to preserving and increasing the racial diversity […]

In the midst of a firestorm of controversy over the layoff of fifty-nine IPS employees, 80% of whom are African-American and a looming $30 million deficit, Interim IPS Superintendent Dr. Peggy Hinckley appeared on Afternoons with Amos to explain the school systems side of these issues. Dr. Hinckley said that the IPS School Board gave […]

UPDATED WITH NEW INFORMATION: New information obtained by PraiseIndy.com shows that far more African-American Indianapolis Public School employees are being disproportionally dismissed than previously reported in an effort to close a whopping $30 million dollar budget deficit. We have NOW LEARNED that forty-seven (47) of the fifty-nine (59) employees being dismissed for the upcoming 2013-2014 […]

In her first week on the job running Indiana’s second largest school district, Dr. Peggy Hinckley talked to the community on Afternoons with Amos about her goals and challenges in keeping IPS moving forward after the retirement of Dr. Eugene White.  Dr. Hinckley, a veteran educator who ran the Warren Township Schools for eleven years, […]

A relaxed, expansive, philosophical Dr. Eugene White sat down with Afternoons with Amos for his final media interview as Superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools.  White, who will leave his post after more than even years at the helm of the second largest school district in Indiana sat down with me in an unexpected interview.  […]