The Indianapolis Charter School Board sped up its approval process Tuesday to allow a new operator to restart Emma Donnan Elementary-Middle School this summer.

Two of Indiana's charter school authorizers will hold virtual meetings this week.

The decision whether three Indianapolis schools under state takeover should become charter schools is creating a divide among community groups, parents, teachers, colleges, and city and state officials.

A state board will decide if three former Indianapolis Public Schools taken over by the state will become charter schools. Taylor Bennett talked with education reporter Eric Weddle about how IPS is trying to stop this from happening -- and the district's own plans for the three schools.

None of the parents of more than 400 Emma Donnan Elementary students attended a public meeting Monday evening organized by Indianapolis Public Schools about the southside school's future.

Earlier this year, Indiana education leaders made a plan to transition three schools out of state takeover and into independent charter schools.

The group, ReThink Forward Indiana, is acting on instructions from the State Board of Education to apply for charters to operate Emma Donnan Middle School, and Thomas Carr Howe and Emmerich Manual high schools.

It's now been a year since Emma Donnan Elementary School became the first "innovation" school for Indianapolis Public Schools and progress isn't great, says pretty much everyone involved