The Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) is regaining operational control of Arlington High School, three years after the State took the high school over for academic underperformance. In an extended Afternoons with Amos interview, IPS Supt. Dr. Lewis Ferebee explained the plans for Arlington for the upcoming 2015-2016 school year as IPS regains control of both […]
An unprecedented series of interviews with candidates for school board in six of the largest school districts in Indianapolis came to a close as seven of the nine candidates for Pike Township School Board appeared live on Afternoons with Amos. Incumbents Ricky Hence, Nancy Poore and Larry Metzler were joined by challengers David Cofer, Cherlisa […]
Are young black men ready for the increasingly brutal, knowledge-based job market in the U.S.? The answer is a resounding “no,” according to a new report, Yes We Can: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males 2010. Calling it a “national crisis,” the report found that only 47 percent of black […]
Audio Included in Post. Audio ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. UPDATE! Indiana Supt. of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett Comments on Black Graduation Rates on Afternoons with Amos. The percentage of Indiana’s African-American public school students who graduated in four years from high school rose dramatically during the 2008-2009 school year. Statewide, two-thirds of all African-American members […]
