The Indianapolis Public Schools board approved a new two-year teacher contract through 2027 that provides a minimum raise of $1,510 for this school year and $1,010 in the next.... Read More
Indianapolis Public Schools teachers would receive smaller increases than in the past two years under a proposed two-year contract up for a vote on Thursday.... Read More
The state’s approval, announced Tuesday, allows 28 independent charter schools and 22 charters affiliated with the Indianapolis Public Schools Innovation Network to test new solutions for facilities and transportation.... Read More
Indianapolis Public Schools is starting off a new school year fully staffed in its standalone special education program for the first time after contracting with a national behavioral health company.... Read More
Community members urged the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance to share data on school facilities as the state-mandated alliance pondered questions surrounding building capacity and efficiency on Wednesday.... Read More
The Indianapolis Charter School Board approved a legal-themed, college prep charter school this week, marking the first new school to open in Indianapolis since the end of a heated legislative session this spring that gave charter schools more local funding.... Read More
Thousands of dollars in alcohol, travel, restaurant, and entertainment expenses were charged to the company credit card of a leader of an expanding Indianapolis charter school network who was terminated in February, according to school records.... Read More
Indiana’s controversial property tax changes will not affect Indianapolis Public Schools operations in 2025-26 — but in later years, they’ll mean “giant cuts” to the district’s budget and require “gut-wrenching” decisions, Superintendent Aleesia Johnson said.... Read More
A recent Stanford University study is one of several that Republican lawmakers and pro-charter groups have used in recent years to argue that charters have an academic edge over traditional public schools.... Read More
The Indianapolis Education Association delivered a petition to the school board on Thursday to enact a moratorium on any new agreements with charter schools, joining calls for a pause on charter schools’ growth in the city.... Read More
