The Indiana Department of Education recently announced that there will be delays in announcing the results of the ISTEP exam. Pearson, the testing company that administers the ISTEP, is having difficulties with the grading of a graphing question and student responses in grades 3-8 and 10. Pearson claims only a small number of students are…
The recent financial problems of Indianapolis Public Schools have been very well documented. Shrinking enrollment and funding along with high facility costs have taken their toll on the school district over the years. Luckily, IPS has discovered a bit of good news in recent days. The deficit for the 2018-19 school year will be significantly…
Omarosa claims Betsy DeVos said HBCU students lack the “capacity to understand” her agenda.
A study found that the additional instructional time for literacy did have a modest positive impact in relation to reading test scores.
In the aftermath of a mass brawl involving upwards of 300 students, one would probably expect a few suspensions to be handed down. However, one of those suspensions is raising a few eyebrows. Because this particular student wasn’t actually involved in the fight…they simply documented it. The fight, which happened last week at Arsenal Tech…
The 2017 – 2018 school year was one of the deadliest on record in regard to shootings. Indiana, unfortunately, was not spared from that trend, with the Noblesville shooting occurring towards the tail end of last school year. Last Friday, Gov. Eric Holcomb released a list of recommendations to improve school safety. There were 18…
Schools all over the country are opening their doors for the 2018-2019 school year. Unfortunately, some of them are going to open without enough teachers. Many school districts are in the midst of an extreme teacher shortage. Some districts are getting creative to try and fix the problem, trying everything from reducing the barriers to…
LeBron James has been trending in education circles lately due to the founding of his school. The I Promise School, has won so much praise from outside observers that many seem to want LeBron James to play an even bigger role in education. An online petition has been started with the goal of firing…
Whenever you see a middle or high School depicted on TV, it is always this impossibly huge place with lots of different people, options, and opportunities. Yeah, TV high school is sometimes depicted as difficult, but somehow almost every character finds some group, club or extracurricular where they fit in. The jocks have sports. The…
As school starts back, one of the largest tasks for teachers is to stock up on all of the things they will need for the school year. Whether it be notebooks, pencils, stickers, or anything else, school supply shopping can really put a dent in the already limited budgets of teachers. Schools may or may…