Kyle Stokes - StateImpact Indiana
Kyle Stokes joined WFIU/WTIU in 2011 as an education reporter and blogger for StateImpact Indiana, a collaborative reporting venture between WFIU and NPR News. He comes to Bloomington from Columbia, Mo., where he was a producer and reporter for NPR member station KBIA-FM and NBC affiliate KOMU-TV. Originally from Minneapolis, Minn., Stokes is a proud graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and an even prouder Minnesota Twins fan.
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Members of both chambers of the General Assembly have floated plans to cut the business personal property tax. -
The House Education committee is set to take up a bill Thursday that bears striking resemblance to a proposal the full House passed last year: Create a pilot program in five Indiana counties that provides scholarships for low-income 4-year-olds to attend preschool. -
It appears that battle is headed for a conclusive showdown on Friday, with State Board of Education members set to meet to vote on several controversial measures. -
Nearly four in five kindergarten teachers now say their students should be reading. -
Indiana's property tax caps have proven fruitful for property owners, who would've paid an additional $704 million to local governments this year if it weren't for the constitutionally-enshrined caps. But property owners' gain has also been Indiana schools' loss - to the tune of $245 million in lost property tax revenues for districts across the state last year. -
Pence proposes to create preschool vouchers for families with incomes of up to 185 percent of the federal poverty level. -
With one of Indiana's worst passing rates on last year's statewide tests, Glenwood is all but assured its sixth straight F - leaving state officials with a decision to make before this school year is over. -
Four private citizens are filing suit against the State Board of Education on the grounds that board members, in essence, met over email without the knowledge of State Superintendent Glenda Ritz, violating Indiana's public meeting laws. -
Lawmakers of both political parties at the statehouse are pushing to put state dollars behind an early childhood education program. -
Marcus Robinson, chancellor and CEO of the non-profit school operator EdPower, runs several Indianapolis charter schools along with Arlington Community High School, one of the schools the state has taken over for academic underperformance.
