The Culver Community Schools Corporation has gotten a waiver related to how the schools track the amount of time students spend learning. The Indiana State Board of Education voted 10-to-zero Wednesday to waive the 180-day requirement for Culver Community Schools and allow the corporation to track student learning by instructional minutes, instead.
Continue reading
The Indiana State Board of Education met Wednesday where the members approved placement of A-F school grades.
Continue reading
Schools that have switched to virtual learning will continue to be fully funded, even though the fall student count date will not be pushed back.
Continue readingMaking sure schools are fully funded, even if they offer virtual learning, is the goal of a new recommendation from Governor Holcomb and legislative leaders. Back in June, the governor said he’d endorsed a plan to continue to fund students at 100 percent, if they’re out of the classroom due to COVID-19.
Continue readingAfter months of delay, the 2018-2019 school letter grades were finally released by the Indiana Department of Education this week, with the results almost identical to the previous year’s.
Continue reading
While concerns about ILEARN results continue to hold up the release of the state’s school letter grades for the 2018-2019 school year, the separate federal accountability ratings are now available.
Continue reading
Low ILEARN scores are drawing concerns from state officials. The Indiana Department of Education says that across the state, the 2019 ILEARN showed a drop in achievement levels, compared to the old ISTEP test.
Continue reading
The Argos School Board met for a special session Friday morning in order to discuss a few matters that needed to be addressed prior to their regular meeting on March 19th.
Superintendent Ned Speicher explained that the first item on the agenda was the consideration of a resolution, “We had a resolution to continue the process to transition from an appointed school board to an elected school board and this is just the next step to get approval from the state of Indiana and our goal will be to have this set so that at the November 6th general election in 2018, we’ll be ready to have the first election for school board members.” Continue reading
Plymouth school administrators are among those weighing in on proposed changes to school accountability standards. During Tuesday’s school board meeting, Superintendent Andy Hartley reported that the State Board of Education is still working on its new accountability rules. “A few of us were up in South Bend testifying before the state board,” he said. “They had a hearing up there, they did some regional hearings – just providing our feedback and comments, as well as many other educators and citizens from the area.”
Local school administrators continue to keep an eye on the state legislative session. Plymouth School Superintendent Andy Hartley updated the school board Tuesday on a few bills making their way through the Indiana General Assembly.
On Wednesday, the Indiana State Board of Education(SBOE) approved several new graduation pathways for Hoosier high school students beginning with the 2019 freshman class.
Though these changes have been a topic of contention lately, the Board states that they were designed to give all students the skills and experiences they will need to take the next step in their educational journeys and to secure good jobs. Continue reading
