Education

Scholarship opportunity for local African American college students

STAFF - March 3, 2021

Local college students have an opportunity to receive a $2,500 grant and nine months of leadership development training through the Leading Excellence & Amplifying...

Education

Challenges child care and early learning workers face during the pandemic

MATTIE JONES - February 19, 2021

The coronavirus, COVID-19, has created a time in our history for taking serious safety precautions and guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control...

Education

Temperature kiosks could make return to school safer

TYLER FENWICK - February 11, 2021

School administrators have a lot to worry about as students begin going back to classrooms for in-person learning. Wearing masks, social distancing, paying attention...

Education

HSE superintendent tells staff to treat Black Lives Matter as political movement

TYLER FENWICK - February 10, 2021

Hamilton Southeastern Schools Superintendent Allen Bourff stirred controversy by telling district staff to treat Black Lives Matter as a political movement. He apologized in...

Education

Adult learners find their place in a pandemic

TYLER FENWICK - February 4, 2021

Tosin Ajayi has always loved working with computers. She’s amazed by technology in general because in Nigeria, where Ajayi lived until 2009, access was...

Education

‘The very problem is the solution’: Researchers want more Black women in STEM

TYLER FENWICK - February 4, 2021

Black women are sorely underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math, otherwise known as STEM. Black women, who represent about 6.5% of the country’s population,...

Education

IPS evaluating its police department

TYLER FENWICK - January 29, 2021

Indianapolis Public Schools is nearing the end of a study of its police department before going to the school board with potential recommendations. The district...

Education

Push for ‘patriotic education’ can go on without Trump

TYLER FENWICK - January 28, 2021

Dominic Day woke up the day after Inauguration Day and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw one of Joe Biden’s first acts...

Education

IPS honors Dr. King

STAFF - January 13, 2021

Rev. Dr. Carlos Perkins, pastor of Bethel Cathedral AME Church, will be the keynote speaker for the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) 40th annual tribute...

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