(BLOOMINGTON, Ind.) – Indiana University president Michael McRobbie says he hopes the university will agree he’s left it better than he found it when he became president 14 years ago. In his final State of the University address before his June 30 retirement, McRobbie noted the university has created nearly 600 new degree programs in […]
ARCADIA, Ind.— Jody Conaway’s world turned upside down on Saturday when she found out her daughter, Kalen Hart, and Hart’s boyfriend, Lendon Byram, would not make it over for pictures before prom. The couple died in a crash near the intersection of 281st Street and Lacy Road near Arcadia. Conaway said it was a night […]
ARCADIA, Ind.—Two students were killed in a crash when they were on their way to a prom Saturday night. Police say the crash happened around 5:15 pm near the intersection of 281st Street and Lacy Road, which is near State Road 213.  One of the vehicles involved was a Honda Accord with four students in […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A new transportation policy passed through the Indianapolis Public Schools board and now thousands of kids will have to walk to school in August. The district is moving 2,000 more students off school buses and on to walk zones with crossing guards. This applies to students who live within about a mile […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – The Indiana Supreme Court is deciding what teachers can be required to do besides teach. The state board which oversees teacher contracts threw out provisions in four districts which spelled out what teachers would be paid for non-classroom duties, like overseeing detention. A 2011 Indiana law limits collective bargaining to pay and fringe […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – One of the biggest items in the new state budget came together in just six days: a big increase ticketed for teacher pay. The House and Senate budgets were both in the neighborhood of a $400 million funding boost for schools, and neither said anything about teacher pay specifically — Republicans shot down […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indiana will study this year’s ILEARN scores to see how the pandemic affected students. Legislators have already set aside $150 million for tutoring, community partnerships, and other steps to address learning loss. The New Hampshire-based Center for Assessment will review just where those losses are. Department of Education spokeswoman Holly Lawson says the […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind.– Some coronavirus restrictions are being lifted at the University of Notre Dame. Starting Wednesday April 21, students who do not live in the same residence halls will now be allowed to socialize in each hall’s common spaces. Masks are still required indoors with a size limit of 10 people. Students do not […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — The House and Senate have a deal on a new state budget Governor Holcomb calls “transformational.” The two-year budget gives schools a billion dollars in new money: a 4.6% increase the first year, and nearly that much the second. House Speaker Todd Huston (R-Fishers) says that’s enough to cover the $600 million a […]
INDIANAPOLIS —Â Public school districts across Indiana will receive nearly $1.8 billion as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, the Indiana Dept. of Education said Monday. Indianapolis Public Schools will receive nearly $136 million. Planning allocations for other public school districts are available here. Planning allocations for Indiana’s non-public schools, which together total an additional […]
