In reporting on and attending Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) Board Meetings for over thirty-five years, this past Sunday was the weirdest, most unusual IPS Board meeting ever! It started when on March 18th, the IPS School Board announced that they would “Meet in a Special Called Meeting on Sunday, March 22, 2015 from 1:00 – […]
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 […]
In an expansive, wide-ranging Afternoons with Amos interview, Dr. Lewis Ferebee, Superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) talked about a number of critical issues facing the state’s largest school district. This month IPS is holding meetings with parents, staff and the community on helping the district create a Strategic Plan for, in Dr. Ferebee’s […]
UPDATED INFO! Community Anger continues towards the proposal by IPS to radically change how high school graduations are conducted. On Tuesday’s Afternoons with Amos, listeners were UNIFORMLY opposed and angry at the proposals. Many listeners were insluted at the suggestion of an IPS PR person who told Afternons with Amos listeners that one reason for […]
In 2014 Afternoons with Amos put many of our newsmaker stories and interviews here on line at PraiseIndy.Com for you to listen to and read, if you missed the original broadcast. What follows are the TEN Stories and Interviews that PraiseIndy.Com users clicked on the most during 2014. LAWRENCE NORTH GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM EXPERIENCES RACIST […]
Despite a packed IPS School Board meeting that spent nearly two hours listening to impassioned, eloquent pleas from students at both Shortridge High School and Gambold Prep High School, the IPS School Board didn’t listen and voted 4-1 to approve a radical, unprecedented plan to move, some who say “evict”, current Shortridge high school and […]
Despite a string of positive news, the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) is facing strong criticism over a plan that some say discriminates against African-American students and parents at two northside high schools. In an extended Afternoons with Amos interview, IPS Superintendent Dr. Lewis Ferebee tried to explain the controversial proposal to move the entire Shortridge […]
In a major positive SURPRISE, the Indianapolis Public Schools has improved their overall academic standing according to the State of Indiana. The Indiana State Board of Education and the Indiana Department of Education awarded IPS an overall District Grade of “D” for the 2013-2014 school year. The school district’s grades were based upon the performance […]
CLICK LINK TO SEE A-F GRADES FOR ANY INDIANA K-12 SCHOOL FINAL 2014 A-F GRADES FOR INDIANA SCHOOLS It used to be that critics and educational reformers condemned urban school districts like the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) for their high percentage of “low performing schools”. Charter schools, the reformers said, would do better. Now, thirteen […]
So, you received a letter from Indianapolis Public Schools saying your child’s immunizations are not up to the current requirements and your child might not be allowed in class, what do you do? The Marion County Public Health Department holds regular immunization clinics to help you and your student get back on track. There are […]
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Louis Ferebee visited the Eliza Blaker IPS School 55 Pre-School on Indy’s northside to help sell the Mayor’s proposal for having Indianapolis home property owners pay increased property taxes to fund pre-school for four year olds. Afternoons with Amos Host Amos Brown attended the event […]
In an exclusive Afternoons with Amos interview,a top aide to President Barack Obama informed the Indianapolis community about some positive additions to the Affordable Care Act. And briefed the community on the President’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative to help young men of color, especially African-Americans. Marlon Marshall is Special Assistant to the President and Principal […]
