A teacher interacts with students during a lesson at James Garfield School 31 in Indianapolis on Oct. 28, 2022. Amelia Pak-Harvey / Chalkbeat Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Teachers in Indianapolis Public Schools could see average raises of 3% and more days off under a tentative contract agreement between the district and the Indianapolis Education Association.  The new contract, which would cover the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years, would raise start ..read more

Students in the gym at James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy, which is hoping to build new facilities to offer more space for basketball and other sports. Amelia Pak-Harvey / Chalkbeat Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. For Javonte Bailey, being on the track team at James and Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy meant running through the hallways and up the cramped staircase by the school’s only small gym.  Track is one of several sports teams at the ..read more

Joe Hogsett won a third term as mayor on Tuesday night, securing nearly 60% of the votes with roughly 97% of vote centers reporting, according to unofficial election results. Image courtesy of Joe Hogsett Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Democratic incumbent Mayor Joe Hogsett secured a third term with nearly 60% of the vote against Republican opponent Jefferson Shreve, unofficial election results showed with roughly 97% of precincts reporting as of 10 p.m. on ..read more

Indiana voters in 11 school districts will decide whether to approve property tax referendums for hiring and retaining teachers, funding academic programs and transportation, and more. Maxine Wallace for Chalkbeat Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news.   Indiana voters across the state will decide today whether to send millions of dollars of tax revenue to schools for hiring and retaining teachers, funding academic programs and transportation, and more.  ..read more

Republican Jefferson Shreve faces Democratic incumbent Mayor Joe Hogsett in the 2023 election for mayor. Polls close across Marion County at 6 p.m. on Nov. 7. MJ Slaby / Chalkbeat Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Polls are open until 6 p.m. today for Indianapolis residents to vote for the next mayor, whose office has a unique role in the city’s public education system.  Democratic incumbent Mayor Joe Hogsett, seeking a third term, is facing Republican ch ..read more

Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy for his alleged role in the shooting of KIPP Legacy High School student Devin Gilbert III. Amelia Pak-Harvey / Chalkbeat Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news.   The KIPP Legacy High School student shot and killed near the school on Friday afternoon has been identified as 15-year-old Devin Gilbert III, according to the Marion County coroner’s office.  Gilbert was shot as he was walking home from school just befo ..read more

A KIPP Legacy High School student was shot and killed on Friday afternoon in a community center parking lot next to the school. Amelia Pak-Harvey / Chalkbeat Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news.   A teenage student at KIPP Legacy High School was shot and killed Friday in a community center parking lot next to the school in what police say was a targeted shooting. The student, who has not yet been identified, was walking home when he was shot just before ..read more

A new two-year college at Butler University is designed to increase access and affordability, and allows students to earn two-year degrees at no cost to them. Students can then earn a bachelor’s degree for no more than $10,000. Education Images / Universal Images Group / Getty Images Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news.   Students can earn an associate degree from Butler University at no cost to them, and continue on to earn a bachelor’s degree for $10 ..read more

The School City of Hammond is the only district in Indiana’s November elections to be covered by a new state law that requires districts to share local taxes from a successful property tax referendum. But residents won’t know those details simply by reading the ballot question. WFYI file photo This article was originally published by WFYI. Residents in Hammond will vote next week on whether to continue a property tax increase to give more money to local schools. But voters may not know a crucial detail. For the first time in the state, the district will be required to share the money ..read more

Enlace Academy teacher Ally Hall helps adult students through an assignment during Family English Class, a Saturday morning offering focused on teaching English to the parents of Enlace students. Aleksandra Appleton A book, a pencil, and an English dictionary.  For years, those are the tools Carmen Nolasco used to study English on her own after immigrating to the United States from Mexico.  Occasionally, she said, she offered to teach Spanish in exchange for English lessons.  But she had never formally learned English from a teacher in a classroom until her son’s school inv ..read more