Courts
Report: Family sues school over teacherâs alleged âfight clubâ discipline for 7-year-old(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A family reportedly sued a school in Indiana over a teacherâs alleged âfight club-styleâ discipline of their 7-year-old son from Aug. 2023 to Nov. 2023. Read More
Public Education
Despite lowest growth in spending per pupil, Indiana student scores rank third in nation(The Center Square) â While Indiana has increased its public education spending at a lower rate than most of the country, student tests rank among the best, according to a… Read More
Public Education
âHe has to be accountableâ: Indiana school district refused to arrest teen student who assaulted 74-year-old teacherAn elderly Indiana teacher was viciously beaten by a teenage student, but the victim says officials have done little to discipline the teen. Robert Gooding, a 74-year-old substitute teacher, was… Read More
Courts
School board members arrested for finance fraud in campaign against conservative, pro-parent candidatesArrest warrants were issued for several Indiana school board members this week amid allegations of campaign finance fraud in 2022, when they faced a group of pro-parent candidates in a… Read More
Legislation
Indiana lawmakers want cellphones limited in classrooms(The Center Square) â Indiana lawmakers want students to be better readers, and one way they want to make sure it happens is by limiting cellphone use in classrooms. Sen. Read More
Public Education
Indiana AG launches âEyes on Educationâ portal to empower parental rights in public education ÂIndiana has launched an online “education portalâ where objectionable content in schools can be reported by parents, students and teachers. The office of Indianaâs Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita announced… Read More
Culture
Indiana AG launches portal for parents to monitor public schoolsâ discriminatory policies, content(The Daily Signal) â Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced, in an exclusive interview Monday with The Daily Signal, the launch of a public portal online for parents in the stateâs public… Read More
Public Education
Indiana bill would enable public school students to receive off-site faith-based instruction during school dayIndiana legislators are considering a bill that would allow âreleased-timeâ religious instruction for students during the school day at the discretion of their parents. The bill,… Read More
Public Education
Report: Indiana chronic absences in schools doubles in six years(The Center Square) â Indianaâs number of students chronically absent from school has more than doubled from six years ago. Nearly 25% percent, or 256,010, were considered chronic absentees in… Read More
Culture
Linking school choice to segregation part of âliberal lies,â says Sen. Tim Scott. Data backs him upTeachersâ unions and some public school activists like to argue school choice is a modern form of segregation, a claim Sen. Tim Scott calls a lie. Read More
Courts
Convicted murderer sues, wants state to pay for gender transition surgery(The Center Square) â A convicted murderer diagnosed with gender dysphoria is taking the Indiana Department of Correction to court, arguing that the government should cover surgical and medical needs. Read More
Public Education
Indiana teachers are only paid 23% of their per-classroom funding. Where does the rest of the money go?The average 20-student K-12 classroom in Indiana receives more than $234,000 in local, state and federal funding, local media reported. However, the… Read More
Legislation
Indiana’s abortion ban in effect, doctors subject to penalties(The Daily Signal) â Indianaâs near-total abortion ban is set to go into effect Tuesday. The restrictions put forth in the stateâs Senate Bill 1 prohibit abortions at… Read More
Christian Schools
Indiana microschool empowers previously failing students, provides âhomeschooling on steroidsâÂFor Jill Haskins, payday at her job involves the students whose lives changed just by attending Streams of Hope Christian School. One striking example is a student who transferred at… Read More
Public Education
Indiana superintendent who resigned over $1.2 million in fraud payments gets special role in district(The Center Square) â The former superintendent of Manchester Community Schools in Manchester, Indiana mistakenly paid over $1 million to fraudsters posing as a legitimate construction company resigned yesterday and… Read More
Culture
Parental rights advocates call out Indiana professor for op-ed against parentsAn Indiana assistant professor is being criticized after pitting parentsâ rights against childrenâs âright to learn to be free thinkersâ in a column for the Indianapolis Star. Sarah J. Reynolds,… Read More
Public Education
Indiana assessment scores show schools ‘have more work to do’(The Center Square) â Results from this yearâs educational assessment tests for Indiana elementary and middle school students show mixed results as children continue their learning recovery as the state… Read More
Legislation
Indiana school choice program sees largest growth in years(Daily Caller News Foundation) â During the 2022-2023 school year, Indianaâs school choice program recorded its largest growth since the 2014-2015 academic year, according to a recent analysis by the… Read More
Courts
Indiana Supreme Court rules abortion ban is constitutional(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Indiana Supreme Court issued a decision Friday that said the stateâs abortion ban was constitutional in a 4-1 ruling. Senate… Read More
Christian Schools
More families than ever are enrolling in school choice programsSchool choice programs nationwide are experiencing surges of growth as parents of eligible students seek out the best education for their children. Enrollment in Indianaâs Choice… Read More
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