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 […]

It’s a relatively new organization in the debate about education in Indiana.  They’re called Hoosiers for Quality Education.  They’re a 502-c-4 non profit that supports quality education for all students.  Whether its public, charters or private schools.  They believe that every student deserves an opportunity to learn in a high quality environment that best meets their […]

After three years of struggle, there a little bit of upward movement and progress at some of the former IPS takeover schools.  In the 2013-2014 A-F State Accountability grades, troubled Manual High School on Indy’s southside made enough progress last school year to move from an “F to a “D” grade. In an exclusive Afternoons […]