Articles tagged as: Indianapolis Public Schools
November 22, 2016
Phalen on School 103 ISTEP Scores: Our Job Is Help Kids Do Well And Our Kids Did Poorly
School 103 on the Far Eastside was the first failing IPS school restarted under a controversial law allowing the district to partner with outside groups to independently run a school. Only 4.6 percent of students passed both portions of ISTEP exam in 2016 -- a five point drop from when when IPS ran the school.
Read MoreNovember 17, 2016
IPS Test Scores Drop At Top Schools, First 'Innovation' School
Indianapolis Public Schools saw drops in ISTEP scores at the vast majority of schools. Scores fell across the state, but the situation was worse in IPS, where the passing rate went down by 4 percentage points to 25.3 percent in 2016.
Read MoreNovember 14, 2016
IPS Board To Vote On Joining City-Wide Enrollment System
Indianapolis Public Schools board members are set to vote Thursday on a proposal to join a common enrollment system that would allow families to use a single process to apply simultaneously to traditional public schools and potentially dozens of local charter schools.
Read MoreNovember 7, 2016
IPS Board Member LaNier Echols Resigns
A day before voters head to the polls Indianapolis Public School Commissioner LaNier Echols announced she has resigned. Echols is in the middle of a four-year term was not due to expire until 2018.
Read MoreNovember 3, 2016
How Indianapolis Public Schools board candidates stand on issues
Here is a guide to help voters compare where IPS Board candidates stand on some of the important issues in the November Election.
Read MoreOctober 3, 2016
Purdue High School To Focus On STEM For Inner-City Students
Purdue University is launching a STEM-focused charter high school in Indianapolis with the goal of getting more inner-city graduates ready for college or head directly into a career, said President Mitch Daniels.
Read MoreSeptember 29, 2016
IPS Makes Admission Changes To Diversify Magnet Schools
Beginning next year, low-income students and children of color will have a better chance of admission to the most sought-after magnet programs in Indianapolis Public Schools.
Read MoreSeptember 27, 2016
IPS Hopes To Improve Magnet School Diversity By Shrinking Priority Zones
The boundary zones for some of Indianapolis' most popular and high performing magnet schools could be narrowed next year in an attempt by district leaders to offer poor and minority students a better chance to be picked in an enrollment lottery.
Read MoreAugust 25, 2016
John Marshall To Become Middle School In IPS Reconfiguration Plan
The Indianapolis Public Schools Board approved a districtwide plan to remove middle school students from combined middle-high schools, expand some elementary schools and create a new stand-alone middle school.
Read MoreAugust 18, 2016
Separate But Excellent: History Of Crispus Attucks High School To Come To Life For Kids
A new curriculum guide designed to accompany the new documentary Attucks: The School That Opened a City -- about the legendary high school -- aims to bring to life the story of the school that was opened by Indianapolis Public Schools in 1927.
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