Articles tagged as: Indiana Department of Education
March 9, 2022
Initial hearing canceled, trial date set for former Jimtown teacher
Mike Hosinski, 61, was set to appear in court Thursday, but waived his right to an initial hearing. Elkhart Superior Court Judge Teresa Cataldo set his next court date for late April and a bench trial for June 13.
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2022
INDOT Commissioner Joe McGuinness leaves state government
Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner Joe McGuinness is stepping down after more than five years leading the agency.
Read MoreFebruary 7, 2022
Coronavirus: Winter storm shuts down testing sites, IDOE launches pandemic relief dashboard
The Indiana Department of Education launches a database to track schools’ spending of pandemic relief funding. The state health department shuts down vaccine and testing sites during the winter storm. And statewide COVID-19 cases are down.
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2022
How much are Indiana schools spending in COVID relief? A new database tracks it
Indiana schools received a total of $2.8 billion in federal dollars through three rounds of stimulus. All of the aid is known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, or ESSER, and it must be spent by late 2024.
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2022
Indiana enrolls slightly more students with increase in kindergartners after COVID-19 dip
The Indiana Department of Education is reporting a slight uptick in student enrollment this school year, largely because of an increase of early elementary students.
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2022
Database: Indiana schools' plans for $3B in federal COVID stimulus
Indiana schools received nearly $3 billion in pandemic relief. They are required to post plans for how they will use at least some of that money. This database links to those plans.
Read MoreDecember 5, 2021
Indiana schools got $3B in federal funding. Why don’t we know how they will spend it?
Indiana schools are getting nearly $3 billion in federal coronavirus relief to help safely operate and make up for the instruction students missed out on. But public information on how local districts are spending it is inconsistent and often hard to find.
Read MoreNovember 10, 2021
INSBOE wants public input on data to use as part of new school performance dashboard
Indiana's education officials are seeking public comment on how to best measure the way schools prepare students for life after high school, as part of the State Board of Education's process to develop a new school performance dashboard.
Read MoreNovember 8, 2021
Indiana offers scholarships to address special education teacher shortage
Indiana will spend $2 million to help fully license special education teachers by offering scholarships for required training and streamlining required coursework.
Read MoreNovember 8, 2021
Most Hoosier third graders passed IREAD, but some students are still being left behind
Most Hoosier third graders are on track with their reading skills according to newly released testing data. But results for Indiana's third grade literacy assessment also show some groups of students are still being left behind as the pandemic continues.
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