The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Wednesday, May 6, 2015 was on fire with severe community anger and reaction to the video of a beatdown by involving two students at Indianapolis Public School’s Northwest High School. Recorded on a student bystander’s cellphone, the vi and uploaded to social media and picked up by Indianapolis’ five […]
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 […]
Indianapolis Public Schools has changed the time of its Dr. Seuss reading celebration today due to the icy weather across the city. Dr. Seuss was an American cartoonist and writer who created famous characters ranging from “The Cat in the Hat” to “The Grinch” to “The Lorax” and many others. In honor of Dr. Seuss’ […]
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 […]
Indianapolis Public Schools is operating normally on this cold Tuesday in the city, (according to its website). Most township schools are also operating normally, however other school districts, like Hamilton Southeastern, Carmel-Clay and Hamilton Heights School Corporation are on two-hour delays. Lone-standing schools like Carpe Diem Meridian and Herron High are also delayed. Check the […]
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 […]
It’s Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil, the nation’s most well-known groundhog, has seen his shadow this morning, meaning there will be six more weeks of winter. Across Indy–700 crashes and slide-offs, that’s what emergency personnel have been dealing with as this icy slushy snow storm has hit the metro area. The number of traffic incidents on […]
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 […]
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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 […]
Get In the Know With Kim’s Tuesday News & Headlines Officials in Indianapolis are preparing for a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri keeping in lockstep with most urban areas in the nation. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) is on standby in case this decision sparks trouble in the city. The Ten Point Coalition is also […]
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 […]
