Rep. Vernon Smith (R) of Gary joked he was nervous to present his HB 1483 on Third Reading, the first time he had done so in approximately 15 years, he said. After House Committee on Education Chair Bob Behning [...]
Lafayette School Corporation’s Vinton Elementary School is considering a pivot to a four-day school week that would have students stay later Monday through Thursday and take off Fridays, a move that officials say aims to attract teachers amid a [...]
To help Indiana schools celebrate Earth Day 2023, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management is again offering free hands-on classroom presentations, in addition to virtual webinar presentations, to elementary students across the state. Classroom Earth Day presentations on air, [...]
The Jay School Corporation School Board votes unanimously to move forward, by recommendation of superintendent Jeremy Gulley, on a $6.1 million capital improvement project involving the construction of a “cleathouse,” installation of synthetic turf at Harold E. Schutz Memorial [...]
A $20 million Lilly Endowment grant to the Indiana Youth Institute will fund the newly established Indiana Youth Worker Well-Being Project. The project is a statewide effort created by the Indiana Afterschool Network, the Indiana Youth Institute, and others [...]
The Indiana Department of Education deploys the first round of enhancements to its new Indiana Graduates Prepared to Succeed Dashboard (Indiana GPS). The most recent enhancements allow users “to drill down into longitudinal and disaggregated data, showing data over [...]
The Griffith Town Council delayed a hearing with Performance Services, a Griffith Public Schools contractor, on allegations that the company failed to obtain town-required permits for work at the public schools and used unlicensed subcontractors on some jobs, the [...]
A new study by Match in partnership with Indiana University researchers shows that political issues are increasingly important to singles in the Midwest when it comes to considering potential partners. According to the study, 29% of Midwestern singles consider [...]
The Indiana Department of Education solicits a Request for Proposals seeking to establish an Individualized Education Program, Service Plan, and Individualized Learning Plan Management System by contracting with a qualified vendor, with first responses due January 24, 2023. “The [...]
Almost 240 students from 19 schools across Indiana and Illinois served up the correct answers in the 2022 Rose-Hulman High School Mathematics Competition, the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology reports. For the 13th straight year, Carmel High School earned overall [...]