Education

The Role of Schools Amid Crisis: Part 3

INDIA HUI - August 14, 2020

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has gained popularity among schools and school districts in recent years, and in light of the events over the...

Education

IPS gets $600,000 from Salesforce

STAFF - August 12, 2020

Salesforce announced two donations to Indianapolis Public Schools totaling $600,000.The company donated $500,000 to the district to support professional development for educators — including racial...

Education

En Comunidad: Portrait of a 2020 school principal (part 1)

JUSTINE GONZALEZ - August 8, 2020

The sun was shining brilliantly on that Saturday in February 2008. It took just a bit of the chill out of the air, and I...

Education

Double-edged sword: back to school or continue e-learning?

BREANNA COOPER - August 6, 2020

Shani Warren and her husband made the decision to have their son — a soon-to-be seventh grader in the Metropolitan School District (MSD) of...

Education

Phalen Leadership Academies launches tuition-free online K-12 school for Indiana students

EARL MARTIN PHALEN - July 31, 2020

COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted our community. African American families are experiencing the toughest battle with this global pandemic and its unyielding threat. Right now, parents are...

Education

The role of schools amid crisis: part 2

INDIA HUI - July 31, 2020

Just before the novel coronavirus lurched its way to this side of the world, the academic achievement gap was the hot topic of conversation among the...

Education

IPS students will start school from home

STAFF - July 31, 2020

When Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) students begin the new school year, they won’t return to a building. Students will pick up where they left off last year...

Education

Hogsett, Caine provide reopening recommendations for schools

BREANNA COOPER - October 20, 2020

Mayor Joe Hogsett and Dr. Virginia Caine of the Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD) announced new reopening recommendations for schools in the county...

Education

‘It feels like going into a battleground’: some schools set to reopen

BREANNA COOPER - July 29, 2020

Jo Burnside is gearing up to begin her 17th year as a teacher in the Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Wayne Township. In a...

Education

‘Education is a human right’

JASMIN SHAHEED-YOUNG - July 24, 2020

I was 4 years old in 1987, when 16-year-old Michael Taylor Jr. was killed while in police custody. The Marion County Coroner and the Indianapolis Police Department (now IMPD) ruled his death a suicide. At the time...

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