Articles tagged as: Phalen Leadership Academy
June 1, 2016
State Ed Board OKs Change In Authorizer For Troubled Gary Charter School
Members of the Indiana board of education say leaders of Thea Bowman Academy followed all the state requirements to seek a new sponsor and were not "authorizer shopping" as they fought to stay open beyond this month. The board voted Wednesday to approve an authorizer associated with a private university to be the new sponsor of the Gary school.
Read MoreMarch 29, 2016
State Charter Board Denies 'Life Line' To Gary School
The fate of Gary's Thea Bowman Leadership Academy is in flux after the Indiana Charter School Board Tuesday voted down its change of sponsor request.
Read MoreMarch 18, 2016
Indiana Laws Limiting Charter School 'Authorizer Shopping' Could Face First Test
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy in Gary is seeking a second chance from Indiana Charter Board after Ball State University declined to renew its charter over long-standing governance concerns. Two Indiana laws intended to prevent failing charter schools from escaping closure or accountability through finding another sponsor could now face their first test.
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2016
2 Failing IPS Schools Eyed For Restart In Fall
Two Indianapolis public elementary schools could be managed by private charter companies starting this fall in a proposal that mirrors the restart of a Fareastside school last year.
Read MoreNovember 18, 2015
Explaining Indianapolis Public Schools' Plan For School Autonomy
The Indianapolis Public Schools Board has approved an "innovation and autonomy framework" that will completely reshape the operations of all schools starting next year by decentralizing power. IPS Superintendent Lewis Ferebee has characterized it as "reinventing" the district.
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2015
Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Praise For Daniels, Ballard; Indiana Should Fund Preschool For Undocumented Kids
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is making a stop at Purdue University in West Lafayette and Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis today as part of the department's sixth annual back-to-school bus tour. WFYI Public Media spoke with Duncan in advance about some local and state issues.
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2015
8 Struggling Indiana Schools Receive Improvement Grants
The Indiana Department of Education says eight struggling schools across the state will receive more than $8 million in improvement grants to help turn around student performance.
Read MoreJuly 5, 2015
Shuttered Charter School Principal To Replace Mind Trust Fellow As Leader Of IPS 'Innovation' School 103
The new principal at a pivotal elementary in Indianapolis Public Schools been replaced a month before classes begin. Marlon Llewellyn was set to lead the first IPS "Innovation" school -- the former Francis Scott Key Elementary School 103 on the Far East Side -- but instead Agnes Aleobua, former a principal at Fall Creek Academy, will take the role.
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