Articles tagged as: Indianapolis Public Schools
November 3, 2016
How Indianapolis Public Schools board candidates stand on issues
Here is a guide to help voters compare where IPS Board candidates stand on some of the important issues in the November Election.
Read MoreOctober 3, 2016
Purdue High School To Focus On STEM For Inner-City Students
Purdue University is launching a STEM-focused charter high school in Indianapolis with the goal of getting more inner-city graduates ready for college or head directly into a career, said President Mitch Daniels.
Read MoreSeptember 29, 2016
IPS Makes Admission Changes To Diversify Magnet Schools
Beginning next year, low-income students and children of color will have a better chance of admission to the most sought-after magnet programs in Indianapolis Public Schools.
Read MoreSeptember 27, 2016
IPS Hopes To Improve Magnet School Diversity By Shrinking Priority Zones
The boundary zones for some of Indianapolis' most popular and high performing magnet schools could be narrowed next year in an attempt by district leaders to offer poor and minority students a better chance to be picked in an enrollment lottery.
Read MoreAugust 25, 2016
John Marshall To Become Middle School In IPS Reconfiguration Plan
The Indianapolis Public Schools Board approved a districtwide plan to remove middle school students from combined middle-high schools, expand some elementary schools and create a new stand-alone middle school.
Read MoreAugust 18, 2016
Separate But Excellent: History Of Crispus Attucks High School To Come To Life For Kids
A new curriculum guide designed to accompany the new documentary Attucks: The School That Opened a City -- about the legendary high school -- aims to bring to life the story of the school that was opened by Indianapolis Public Schools in 1927.
Read MoreAugust 17, 2016
New Purdue, Herron High Schools Partner With The Mind Trust
The Mind Trust is supporting the opening of two new Indianapolis charter schools -- Riverside High School, the second campus opened by the leaders of Herron High School, and Purdue Polytechnic High School, the first high school founded by Purdue University.
Read MoreAugust 16, 2016
IPS Restructure Plan: New K-8 and 7-8 Schools, John Marshall Converts To Middle Grades
A plan by Indianapolis Public Schools administration to separate middle school grades from high schools could lead to the creation of two new schools and convert the long-struggling John Marshall High School into a stand-alone middle school.
Read MoreAugust 16, 2016
IPS Board To Hear High School Reconfiguration Proposal Tonight
Tonight Indianapolis Public Schools officials will propose a plan to separate middle school grades from district high schools. The change is expected to cause the closure of at least one of eight high schools next year because enrollment levels will plummet even further at some of the district's largest buildings.
Read MoreJuly 13, 2016
Indianapolis Schools Divided: Why Segregation Persists -- And How That Can Change
Chalkbeat Indiana, the Indianapolis Star and WFYI are teaming up for a joint project to examine why inequality and segregation continue in Indianapolis 60 years after the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education outlawed "separate but equal" schools - and solutions that could lead to change.
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