Articles tagged as: education
January 22, 2025
Anti-DEI bills target instruction in Indiana classrooms, universities
Two Republican-sponsored bills would restrict how schools teach about and discuss issues like race, sexual orientation and gender in Indiana classrooms.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2025
Lawmakers debate changes to charter school rules, secretary of education in deregulation bill
Lawmakers amended the bill to address certain concerns flagged during its last hearing. But Democratic lawmakers still oppose provisions that would gut some requirements for the Indiana secretary of education and allow public school districts to become charters.
Read MoreJanuary 17, 2025
5 ways Braun’s proposed budget impacts education — including teacher pay, universal vouchers
Braun hopes to get more money for academics in the classroom, not for operations and administrators, in the 2025-27 budget.
Read MoreJanuary 16, 2025
A-to-F letter grades likely returning for Indiana schools. What to know
Indiana schools will once again be assigned A-to-F letter grades, reinstating an accountability measure that has been paused since the 2020-21 school year.
Read MoreJanuary 16, 2025
Cosmetology educators, students tell lawmakers not to cut hours required for license
Cosmetology educators and students told lawmakers this week they don’t want the number of hours required to get a cosmetology license reduced.
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2025
Should Indiana suspend students for missing school? This bill would ban that
House Bill 1201 bars schools from suspending or expelling students for being chronically absent or habitually truant.
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2025
200 Indiana districts affected by PowerSchool cyberattack
The hack compromised sensitive data belonging to students and employees across the state, including personal information like names, addresses and birth dates.
Read MoreJanuary 9, 2025
Students can easily access AI, here's how schools can make sure it benefits them
Purdue Professor William Watson explains about how AI could benefit teachers and students, the challenges it poses, and how it could transform the P-12 educational landscape.
Read MoreJanuary 6, 2025
Legislation would dissolve IPS, four other school districts. Then charters take over
The proposed Indiana House Bill 1136 would dissolve Indianapolis Pubic Schools, Gary Community Schools, Tri-Township Schools, Union Schools, and Cannelton City Schools.
Read MoreJanuary 3, 2025
Six Indianapolis politicians urge IPS to share resources with charter schools
A bipartisan group of influential Indianapolis politicians and education advocates urged Indianapolis Public Schools to address financial and operational challenges and share resources with charter schools in an open letter released Friday.
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