Charter Schools

The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation held its first meeting Tuesday, beginning work on a November referendum and the hire of a permanent leader.

A rural Indiana school district leader started a network of microschools to help keep students in his schools. The model could spread.

The coalition statement reflects months of tension between lawmakers, reform groups, and community members.

The legislation would transfer tax and operational authority from the IPS board to a mayoral-appointed corporation.

The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance will vote Wednesday on two proposals to restructure school governance, while Mayor Joe Hogsett and Superintendent Aleesia Johnson released a joint platform demanding universal transportation and limits on charter authorization.

The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance has presented a slew of potential solutions for how to share school transportation and buildings. But a larger question looms: Who should govern charter and district schools?

Charter schools have grown in student enrollment and political clout since coming to Indiana in 2001. Will recent changes finally push IPS into becoming an all-charter system?

The former Forest Manor Middle School was once rich in resources: Two fountains flowed on either side of the building and the 5.5-acre campus featured a baseball field and a pool.

Indianapolis Public Schools will put one closed school building up for lease or sale to charter schools for $1 and will sell another to a local nonprofit, the district announced Friday.

A proposal backed by Stand for Children Indiana would restructure Indianapolis Public Schools, putting district and charter schools under one board and accountability system.