Articles tagged as: school
February 9, 2025
Indiana School for the Blind planning for next 100 years
With a new campus coming, students are finding a temporary home on the far east side.
Read MoreJanuary 29, 2025
Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card
There's some good news in math, mostly bad news in reading and lots of questions about why students are still struggling.
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2025
Immigration arrests at schools loom after Trump changes longstanding policy
The Trump administration has cleared the way for immigration arrests at or near schools, ending a decades-old approach.
Read MoreJanuary 16, 2025
"Since it opened, it was already full." Former IPS school overflow shelter operating off waitlist
The city decided to open the school in December for families experiencing homelessness following warnings from Wheeler Mission that it would not be able to accommodate families this winter.
Read MoreOctober 15, 2024
Meet the Pike teacher who makes school feel like home
Graciela Miranda uses her own experiences as the daughter of Mexican immigrants to inform her teaching and was recently named Indiana’s Teacher of the Year.
Read MoreSeptember 23, 2024
Warren Township’s Pleasant Run Elementary takes a broad approach to improving reading
Last year, only about 60% of Pleasant Run students passed IREAD. But this year, the scores jumped 21.5 percentage points — one of the greatest improvements across the state.
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2024
Pandemic school funding to sunset as Indiana asks for spending extension
Indiana could get some more time to close out ESSER-funded projects. Schools can apply for an extension that would push the deadline from January to March 2026.
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2024
Indiana's cellphone ban means less school drama. But students miss their headphones
Weeks into a new school year, students miss being able to listen to music, but teachers say the cellphone ban is making their jobs easier.
Read MoreAugust 19, 2024
Fewer Indiana students are chronically absent from school
Last school year, 17.8 percent of Indiana students were considered chronically absent, down 1.4 percentage points from the prior year.
Read MoreJuly 26, 2024
Indy Summer Learning Labs helps bridge learning loss for students across the state
Earlier this year, the Indiana Department of Education announced the recipients of the Expanding What Works grant, which helped build a network of Learning Lab sites across the state.
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