Dylan Peers McCoy - Chalkbeat Indiana
Dylan Peers McCoy is a staff reporter for Chalkbeat Indiana, where she covers Indianapolis Public Schools. Previously she covered education for the Lafayette Journal & Courier, the Daily Hampshire Gazette and American RadioWorks. Her reporting on parks and regional policy also​ has appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She came to education reporting by way of public radio, and her documentary work has aired on WCAI, Latino USA and Studio 360. Prior to pursuing journalism, she worked in tech, politics and law. ​She graduated magna cum laude from Smith College with a degree in government, and she attended the Transom Story Workshop.
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Lawmakers are proposing a law that would require districts that contract with outside virtual providers to submit the agreements to the Indiana Department of Education, giving officials notice of the partnerships. -
The Indiana State Board of Education on Wednesday quietly rescinded an earlier decision to count nearly 1,100 additional students who left school without diplomas as dropping out. -
Gov. Eric Holcombs teacher pay commission has been working on the recommendations for nearly two years. The report includes 37 recommendations on how to pay teachers more. -
Indiana teachers are expected to be part of the second phase of Hoosiers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, state officials said at a press briefing Wednesday. -
The Indiana State Board of Education aims to overhaul the A-F grades it gives schools to include new measures of how much students are learning and better reflect the states education priorities. -
Deep-pocketed political action committees have thrown over $200,000 into four races for Indianapolis Public Schools board seats, helping candidates who support partnerships with charter schools to far out-raise their competitors. -
Indianapolis Public Schools will require all students and staff to wear face masks, make space for physical distancing in buildings, reduce the number of students riding buses, and install touchless water fountains, according to a reopening plan released Friday. -
The former head of the Indianapolis Public Schools teachers union was sentenced Monday to 16 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud. -
The Indiana Charter School Board voted Wednesday to require Indianapolis campuses it oversees to participate in the citys common enrollment system, Enroll Indy. -
The graduation rate at Emmerich Manual High School plummeted to 57 percent last year, after a state audit found the school did not have the proper documentation for many of the students designated as leaving to home-school, according to new data obtained by Chalkbeat.
