Indiana Education Insight

Three referenda on May ballots see success . . . but one fails Four school districts in the state included referenda on ballots during the May 7 primary election. Three out of four requests passed – including one in [...]

Teachers at the Indiana State Board of Education meeting May 8 took aim at the proposed new high school diplomas. As we’ve told you, the Indiana Department of Education presented two new diploma options, the Indiana GPS and the [...]

Teachers’ union, McCormick blast new literacy endorsements The Indiana State Teachers Association is raising alarms and criticizing the Indiana Department of Education over its rollout of the state’s new literacy endorsement requirements needed for teachers to instruct in the [...]

Your guide to the 6 GOP hopefuls’ takes on education policy In the six-way May 7 Republican gubernatorial primary, each candidate has outlined his or her plans for overseeing and improving education in Indiana – some more detailed than [...]

New grad requirements focus on flexibility, career pathways For the first time since the 1980s, Indiana is significantly redesigning its high school diplomas – and we got our first look at the proposed new graduation requirements from the Indiana [...]

Research examines connections in health, student performance New research from the Indianapolis-based Paramount Health Data Project showcases the group’s first longitudinal data sets revealing connections between student health and academic performance. The study’s conclusion suggests schools that focus on [...]

Recapping your education-heavy short legislative session Lawmakers leading up to the 2024 session of the Indiana General Assembly advertised this short session as just that ­– short, “quiet,” and “less aggressive.” However, we knew going in that lawmakers had [...]

The Indiana Department of Education issues a Request for Information for “Title II A Related Support Providers” with responses due May 31. Specifically, IDOE, according to the RFI, “seeks to identify expert technical assistance partners, locally and across the [...]

Southwest Allen County Schools (SACS) decides not to enter into a formal agreement with the YMCA for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year. Despite discussions on a potential partnership to address staffing concerns related to SACS’ transition to a three-tier [...]

Indiana State University shares that an annual destination survey finds its Class of 2022 graduates had a 94% placement rate. The First Destination Survey reported that 66% of graduates stayed in Indiana, and the average starting salary for a [...]