Republican lawmakers are advancing major changes to the state’s school funding system to benefit charter schools and districts with relatively low property tax values. ... Read More
Indianapolis Public Schools will implement all of its overhaul known as Rebuilding Stronger without a May referendum for operating expenses, a tax increase the district had touted as key to its plan to provide a quality education to all students.... Read More
The district’s unique portfolio of charters and traditional public schools, created nearly a decade ago by IPS leaders and state lawmakers, has left both populations fighting for funding. And as state lawmakers push to expand school choice in Indiana, that competition might be for a shrinking financial pie. ... Read More
A long-awaited bill to require Indiana school districts to share property tax dollars with charter schools has attracted attention and scrutiny from groups that disagree about which schools should benefit from public funding.... Read More
Indianapolis Public Schools will implement only part of its massive Rebuilding Stronger plan after the school board failed to place an operating referendum on the May ballot. Superintendent Aleesia Johnson called the postponement “an unfortunate delay.”... Read More
Students in Indianapolis Public schools can now take courses from Harvard University or the University of Pennsylvania without leaving their high school classrooms. IPS is the first district in the state to partner with the National Education Equity Lab.... Read More
Like many teachers, Indianapolis Public Schools teacher Jacob Gregory returned to in-person learning in 2021 facing an uphill battle.... Read More
A revised revenue-sharing plan from Indianapolis Public Schools to increase the amount of funding affiliated charter schools would receive from a potential tax hike is still inadequate, charter friendly groups say. ... Read More
A statewide charter school group has filed a complaint with the state attorney general’s office against Indianapolis Public Schools alleging that the district failed to comply with a state law requiring it to offer unused school buildings to charter schools for $1.... Read More
If Indianapolis Public Schools declines to change its position about how much potential referendum money to share with charter schools, state legislators might just push the district to reconsider that view.... Read More
