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  1. Result of General Assembly's education changes are a matter of debate

    State Sen. Tim Skinner and his wife, Mary Lou, threw in the towel on teaching careers that spanned a combined 46 years after lawmakers passed a series of education changes this year.

    • 12:59 AM, Jul. 18, 2011
  2. IPS presents the school of fresh knocks

    District finds dropouts at home and offers them a second chance.

    • 12:23 AM, Jul. 17, 2011
  3. Purdue to launch new honors college in 2013

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University hopes to keep Indiana's brightest students in the state through a proposed honors college that would pair top students and faculty in an academically rigorous environment.

    • 1:06 PM, Jul. 17, 2011
  4. Brett Crousore is Lawrence North High School's new principal.

    2 Lawrence Twp. schools have new leaders

    Lawrence Township Schools has two high schools and a new principal for each one. The School Board voted in a special meeting Thursday to approve a search committee's recommendations to hire Brett Crousore as the Lawrence North High School principal and Thomas Oestreich as the Lawrence Central High School principal.

    • Jul. 15, 2011
  5. Wabash College gets $6.2M grant for religion profs

    CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — Wabash College is getting a $6.2 million grant to boost a center’s efforts to support professors who teach religious studies or theology.

    • 12:12 PM, Jul. 14, 2011
  6. 125 Indiana schools apply for private voucher program

    BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — State officials say they’ve received more than 125 applications from schools seeking to take part in Indiana’s new private school voucher plan.

    • 8:23 AM, Jul. 14, 2011
  7. Terrance Davis loads bins at the Goodwill outlet store on Shadeland Avenue during a three-week summer job he got through a program for which Jobs for America's Graduates students get preference. Davis now sees college in his future. Joe Vitti / The Star

    Program helps youths get a jump on job skills

    Jobs for America's Graduates introduces students to the world of work.

    • 12:11 AM, Jul. 14, 2011
  8. Associate Superintendent Jan Combs said the new community center will house a variety of offices, including a welcome center for students new to the district. Frank Espich / The Star

    Former Craig Middle School repurposed

    The former Craig Middle School is being transformed into the Lawrence Township school district's centralized site to address needs of students and their families in a variety of ways.

    • Jul. 14, 2011
  9. Janell Uerkwitz (right), principal of Murdock Elementary School in Lafayette, listens as Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett discusses ISTEP scores. Matt Detrich / The Star

    ISTEP: Improvement, but not as much

    Indiana schoolchildren continued to show progress on ISTEP test scores -- though improvement this year was more modest than the huge gains that swept the state in 2010.

    • 11:53 PM, Jul. 12, 2011
  10. ISTEP results: Fewer IPS students pass math, English parts of test

    With 44% passing, district ranks 2nd-worst in state, behind E. Chicago; Carmel state's top scoring district.

    • 3:29 PM, Jul. 12, 2011
  11. State creates website to educate parents about vouchers

    Available are facts and figures on private schools, as well as costs and how the program works.

    • 1:16 AM, Jul. 12, 2011
  12. The Common Core curriculum, used in Indiana and 45 other states, does not include teaching cursive writing. Critics say schools should continue to teach cursive because it is used for practical purposes, such as signing checks. Michael Heinz / Journal & Courier

    New standards don't require students to learn cursive

    Walk into any school these days and the kids aren't working on their loops. They're in keyboarding class. Cursive writing and handwritten letters are the past. Keyboarding, emails and texts are the now -- and the future. Indiana's school curriculum now reflects that.

    • 11:54 PM, Jul. 9, 2011
  13. IPS Board leaders discuss challenges

    The Indianapolis Public Schools Board kicked off the new school year earlier this month by naming Mary Busch president, Michael Brown vice president and Diane Arnold secretary.

    • 11:19 PM, Jul. 9, 2011
  14. Students, faculty weigh in on Purdue's next strategic plan

    If the next Purdue University president wants advice on picking long-term goals, all he or she needs to do is stand outside Hovde Hall and ask.

    • Jul. 10, 2011
  15. Online HS expected to cut costs for Wayne Township

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett on Tuesday hailed Indiana's first statewide all-online public high school as a "revenue generator" and a model for how cash-strapped school districts can save money.

    • 12:38 AM, Jul. 9, 2011
  16. Wayne Township to offer online-only high school classes

    Achieve Virtual Education Academy starts this fall, with 80 courses.

    • 1:05 AM, Jul. 8, 2011
  17. IU dentistry school starts community outreach office

    In a sign of its commitment to community outreach, the Indiana University School of Dentistry has established an office devoted to the effort.

    • 7:37 PM, Jul. 7, 2011
  18. Good schools fearful of bad grades in rating system

    Munster High School in Lake County has been ranked one of the nation's best high schools by Newsweek magazine. So why is Principal Steve Tripenfeldas worried? So worried, in fact, he sent a letter to the Indiana Board of Education?

    • Jul. 7, 2011
  19. Keeping Doe Creek name has cost benefit

    The building is different, but the name is the same. And school officials say it just made perfect sense. When students move from the shuttered Doe Creek Middle School to what's intended to be temporary digs at the new Briar Creek Intermediate School building this fall, the logistical challenges were obvious.

    • Jul. 7, 2011

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