These are the 11 IPS schools Ferebee is most worried about
Taking over in September as superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools presented Lewis Ferebee with a daunting question: where to begin? Two thirds of the schools were rated a D or F last year by...
View ArticleAcademic performance of all IPS schools: Find it here
In the past few weeks, Chalkbeat has written about IPS's 10 A rated schools, 11 schools that Superintendent Lewis Ferebee has put on high alert because of consecutive F grades and another 27 schools...
View ArticleUnion dispute over School 93 plan brings parent, teacher complaints
Parents, teachers and activists who have pushed for an overhaul of School 93 are calling on Indianapolis Public Schools and its teachers union to resolve a disagreement they say is threatening their...
View ArticleMost troubled IPS schools see some ISTEP gains
There were some encouraging signs for Indianapolis Public Schools’ most troubled schools in the latest state ISTEP scores, but district officials said the original group of 11 “priority” schools...
View ArticleIPS sticking with priority school list despite grade changes
After struggling for three years to earn a passing grade from the state of Indiana — and under threat of possible state takoever — Indianapolis Public School 58 finally did it this year, leaping to a C...
View ArticleIPS challenge: Expanding successful Project Restore
Students in Megan Smith's sixth-grade class at Indianapolis Public School 99 took turns at the white board Wednesday tackling tough math problems. A big test was only a day away. In fact, at School 99,...
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IPS approach to improving schools could go statewide
Indianapolis Public Schools likes to brag these days about Project Restore, a home-grown school improvement plan invented by two of its teachers that has helped turn schools around. But today, the...
View ArticleHannon's goal: Help parents make choices and give schools useful data
Caitlin Hannon gave up her job and her Indianapolis Public School Board seat for an idea that, while a pretty good bet to give her a future role in education in the city, is far from a slam dunk to...
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IPS neighborhood schools dominate lowest test-scorers
When it comes to the lowest-scoring schools in the Indianapolis Public School District, making changes has proven difficult. In fact, of the 15 F-rated schools in the district in 2013-14, all but two...
View ArticleIndianapolis Public Schools approves newcomer school, two innovation schools
Indianapolis Public Schools is opening a new school for new students. Just a week after the IPS board heard a proposal to create a school for students who are new to the country, the plan won approval...
View ArticleWith a million dollars, this Indianapolis school plans do a little bit of...
Things are looking good for School 93. At a time when many schools are grappling with lower state funding and education leaders are struggling to crack the code for improving chronically failing...
View ArticleIndianapolis charter operator wants to take on an epic task: Managing all the...
A local charter school that has partnered with Indianapolis Public Schools could be taking on a huge new challenge — managing all of the elementary schools in the deeply troubled Gary school district....
View ArticleInnovation schools saw some of the largest gains on ISTEP in Indianapolis...
When ISTEP scores are released each year, buried in the rankings of the highest and lowest scoring schools is another story — schools that have made significant progress or seen precipitous drops. So...
View ArticleTest scores jumped in innovation schools, but IPS leaders aren’t declaring...
Nearly every innovation school in Indianapolis saw a jump in its passing rates on state achievement tests — some by 8 percentage points or more — giving advocates hope that their management approach is...
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