A dual audit of the finances and budget procedures of the Indianapolis Public Schools has confirmed that the district has not been operating at a deficit; but rather with a surplus. Members of the IPS Board of School Commissioners were briefed Tuesday evening by Superintendent Dr. Lewis Ferebee on the results of audits conducted by […]
At an emotional, inspiring evening ceremony that brought tears to many and uplifted everyone, four outstanding Indianapolis Public School teachers who literally changed, for the better, the lives of their students, were named the winners of the 2014 IPS/Hubbard Life Changing Teacher Awards.Ā They are:Ā Tina Ahlgren, a math teacher at Shortridge Magnet High School for […]
Above you’re seeing the photos of ten men and women, teachers in the Indianapolis Publiuc Schools, who have changed students lives for the better.Ā And these ten IPS teachers are the first Finalists in the Hubbard Life Changing Teacher Awards. The ten were chosen as finalists from a field of 230 IPS teachers who […]
IPS Superintendent Dr. Lewis Ferebee, Indianapolis Deputy Mayor for Education Jason Kloth and The Mind Trust’s President/CEO David Harris came together on Afternoons with Amos to explain a new initiative called Innovation School Fellowships. The effort will utilize a new state law, Public Law 1321, which passed this year’s General Assembly. The new law, supported […]
Nearly a decade ago, a series of editorials in the Indianapolis Star declared that Indianapolis had one of the worst graduation rates of any major American city. Now, in 2013 those days are over with; especially for African-American students. Data released by the Indiana Department of Education shows continued gains for African-Americans graduating from high […]
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 […]
INTERVIEW WITH SUPT. FEREBEE ADDED ALONG WITH COMMUNITY REACTION, PHOTOS & NEW DETAILS! In a stunning announcement, the Indianapolis Public Schools, which had been touting huge deficits in the range of $30 to $40 million dollars for the past few actually is in pretty good financial shape.Ā IPS Superintendent Dr. Lewis Ferebee told the stunning […]
Classroom teachers today feel they’re not being appreciated.Ā Education reformers, politicians, parents, taxpayers criticize teachers for the state of public education in America and Indiana.Ā New laws have placed more burdens on teachers.Ā The job of a classroom teacher now involves increased pressure to have their students perform well on tests. Teachers pay and even […]
Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Lewis FerebeeĀ wants to meet parents and students at a town-hall meetingĀ Tuesday evening. He wants to know what your concerns are in-detail about the school system, including what you like in order to address issues.Ā The IPS meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the Southeast Community Service Center, Senior Citizen Center located […]
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.Ā In the A-F performance grades approved by the State Board of Education and released by DOE, IPS received […]
New Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Lewis Ferebee appeared on Afternoons with Amos this week. While he talked with Amos about the weather conditions that have forced schools to be closed most of the week, Ferebee talked about going into IPS classrooms actually teaching students.Ā And more importantly what those students were telling him they’d […]
CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES. CLICK HERE TO SEE GRADES FOR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS. 2013 A-F SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY GRADES FOR ALL INDIANA SCHOOLSĀ Ā 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 […]
