This story was originally published by WFYI Indiana’s education department is telling school districts not to adopt new federal protections for LGBTQ+ students and sex-based discrimination until several lawsuits challenging the regulations, including one by the state’s attorney general, are settled. The new Title IX guidelines, released by the U.S. Department of Education, forbids discrimination […]
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Indiana’s new diplomas emphasize flexibility for older students
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters A proposed redesign of Indiana’s high school graduation requirements to emphasize student choice and work-based learning has drawn concerns from educators who say it’s too much change too soon. The plan would offer Indiana students beginning with the class of 2029 […]
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Has Gary’s Superintendent Search Taken Too Long? Residents Think So.
When the appointed school board of the Gary Community School Corporation was created last May, its members had the power to do just one thing: choose a superintendent to take over after emergency management ended. Today, with less than two months left before the district’s distressed status ends, its next leader has yet to be […]
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What’s Next for Gary’s Historic Roosevelt High School?
Gary residents and lifelong Panthers have been chanting “Velt don’t melt” in the buzz of excitement over Roosevelt High School being named one of the most endangered historic places in the U.S. This week, the school, which closed in 2019, was included in the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual list of 11 sites that […]
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New ‘Intellectual Diversity’ Law Could Have Major Effects on Indiana Teacher Training
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters In a Ball State classroom on a recent Tuesday, professor Sheron Fraser-Burgess told her class to brace themselves for the “really controversial” argument from their reading: “There’s no such thing as reverse ‘-ism.’ Women can be just as prejudiced as men, […]
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For Gary Kids Struggling with Truancy, This Program Offers a Lifeline
Melanie Brown will never forget appearing in court for the first time. It was 2017, she was in the throes of a depressive episode, and had been summoned to appear on the grounds of “parental neglect and child abuse.” The charge didn’t make sense to her. “I’m thinking, I’m not abusive … I’m just depressed.” […]
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Gary Public Schools Need More Teachers. Can the District Find Them?
In the nine years that GlenEva Dunham’s been president of the Gary Teachers Union, there has never been a teachers’ contract covering anything longer than a single school year — until now. A two-year contract for teachers within the Gary Community School Corporation was approved late last year, marking the first time in Dunham’s tenure […]
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Thea Bowman Leadership Academy Receives New Charter, Won’t Be Closed
INDIANAPOLIS — Good news for families in Gary: Thea Bowman Leadership Academy is not headed anywhere. The Indiana State Board of Education approved the school’s new charter authorizer on Wednesday, effectively saving it from having to shut its doors. “It’s been in the air for so long, just waiting … I think now everybody just […]
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Indiana’s FAFSA Deadline Is One Week Away. Can the State Still Meet Its Application Goal?
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. Just one week out from Indiana’s deadline for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, the latest data shows only about one-third of Hoosier high school seniors have completed the form. That’s despite a new state law that took effect last year requiring […]
