Elle Moxley - StateImpact Indiana
Elle Moxley came to WFIU in 2012 from The Examiner, a community newspaper in suburban Kansas City. She previously worked for KBIA-FM in Columbia, Mo.; The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill.; and the Associated Press in London. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri, where she studied multimedia journalism and broadcasting.
Email: emoxley@stateimpact.org
StateImpact Indiana is a collaboration of WFIU and Indiana Public Broadcasting stations to explain the effects of state education policy on people's lives.
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The State Board of Education has approved new math and English standards to replace the Common Core benchmarks in Indiana's classrooms this fall. -
The state used to set new expectations for what students should know and learn at each grade level every few years with little fanfare. But in recent months, academic standards have become a topic of fierce statehouse debate in Indiana. -
The pre-K pilot proposal that passed easily in the House last week will face an uphill battle when it reaches the Senate Education Committee later this month. -
Many Hoosier educators took Gov. Mike Pence's remarks about education standards in his State of the State address as an indicator Indiana is moving away from the Common Core. But it wasn't news to the state's top education official, who says that's been the plan all along. -
States that have sought flexibility from the federal government in the form of waivers are using very different criteria to target underperforming schools… -
Gov. Mike Pence has laid out an ambitious education agenda for 2014, but he's been purposefully short on the details. -
State superintendent Glenda Ritz says she thinks Indiana education officials can wrap up their review of the Common Core in time to have academic standards in place for next school year. But some State Board members aren't sure if that's enough time to do their job properly. -
Indiana students seeking their GED have less than a month to finish their coursework before the state switches to a new high school equivalency diploma. -
The Muncie Community Schools Board of Trustees voted this week to consolidate the city's two high schools. The merger is expected to save the district $1.7 million annually - but it's unlikely to solve the district's transportation problems. -
Damage in areas hard-hit by Sunday afternoon storms included two buildings in the Tippecanoe School Corporation, reports the Lafayette Journal & Courier.
