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Some parents whose students attended the charter schools Ball State University won’t sponsor next year aren’t sure where they’ll enroll their kids next year. They say they’d like to see the schools find a new authorizer.
About 86 percent of Indiana third graders passed a statewide reading exam in March that will allow them to advance to fourth grade, a slight improvement from 2012.
A blended learning charter company with plans to expand in Indiana will delay the opening of its Fort Wayne campus until the 2013-14 school year.
As many as 53 percent of people under the age of 25 with bachelor’s degrees are unemployed or underemployed — and they’re taking jobs traditionally occupied by high school graduates.
If Indiana opts out of the Common Core, will textbook publishers continue to write to the old state standards?
An architect of the Common Core says even though new standards emphasize the use of math tools, teachers don’t have to take off points if students solve problems a different way.
Our story on how the Common Core is changing math instruction in Indiana has been generating a great conversation in the comments section. We like to highlight interesting discussion in our occasional series, Mailbag. So if you have something to add about the Common Core math standards, we want you to weigh in. If you’re a teacher, [...]
The Common Core is changing how teachers introduce math to Indiana’s youngest students.
I’ll be co-hosting Noon Edition, WFIU’s public affairs show, at 12 p.m. EST Friday.
The Mind Trust will award two national charter operators $1 million to open new schools in Indianapolis, writes Scott Elliott for the Indianapolis Star. KIPP already operates one charter school in the city. The other grant goes to Rocketship Education: Rocketship, founded in 2006, operates nine schools in San Jose and this fall is expanding outside California [...]
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