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January 8, 2018
IPS Commissioners Pick O'Connor As New President
Michael O'Connor was unanimously voted in as the president of the Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners Monday night.
Read MoreNovember 17, 2017
IPS Superintendent Ferebee Gets Raise, Performance Bonus
Indianapolis Public Schools Board approved a $28,000 bonus and salary increase for Superintendent Lewis Ferebee -- a change that would bring his total compensation to nearly $287,000.
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2017
State Rep. DeLaney: Let's Put Charter Schools In Broad Ripple High School
State Rep. Ed DeLaney is again weighing in on the plans by Indianapolis Public Schools to close four schools, including three high schools, next year.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2017
DeVos Praises Indianapolis Public Schools For "Out-Of-The-Box" Management Approach
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would like to see more school districts across the country follow the "out-of-the-box" school management approach as used by Indianapolis Public Schools.
Read MoreDecember 2, 2016
Lawmaker, SBOE Member Named To McCormick's Education Department Transition Team
State Superintendent-elect Jennifer McCormick's transition team has begun holding meetings. The 17-member team will help McCormick assemble a leadership cabinet at the Department of Education before she takes office on Jan. 9, 2017.
Read MoreNovember 27, 2016
Betsy DeVos, Trump's Education Secretary Pick, Oversaw $1.3M In Indiana Political Donations
Betsy DeVos -- President-elect Donald Trump's choice for education secretary -- is chairman of the American Federation for Children. The organization's affiliated PAC has contributed nearly $1.3 million to advocate for school choice issues in Indiana.
Read MoreNovember 22, 2016
Phalen on School 103 ISTEP Scores: Our Job Is Help Kids Do Well And Our Kids Did Poorly
School 103 on the Far Eastside was the first failing IPS school restarted under a controversial law allowing the district to partner with outside groups to independently run a school. Only 4.6 percent of students passed both portions of ISTEP exam in 2016 -- a five point drop from when when IPS ran the school.
Read MoreNovember 17, 2016
IPS Superintendent Ferebee Awarded $27K Bonus As ISTEP Scores Drop
Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis Ferebee was awarded a $26,999 bonus Thursday.
Read MoreNovember 14, 2016
Trump Rumored To Consider Tony Bennett, Luke Messer For Education Secretary
Indiana's former school's chief Tony Bennett and U.S. Rep. Luke Messer are two names swirling around Washington, D.C. as possible picks by President-elect Donald Trump to be the Secretary of Education, according to journalists and policy advisors at a forum Monday.
Read MoreNovember 10, 2016
McCormick: Ed Department Will Listen To Local Schools For Direction
Indiana's state Superintendent-elect Jennifer McCormick says education changes will come from the grassroots -- or it won't happen at all. That could be easier said than done based on the past four years.
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