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Indiana awarded $10 million to expand Notre Dame tutoring model
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (287+ words) A Notre Dame tutoring model will expand statewide, thanks to $10 million in federal funding. The Indiana Department of Education announced Wednesday that the state was awarded an Education Innovation and Research grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The funding will…...
Trustee Critchlow says poverty big part of poor school outcomes
5+ hour, 11+ min ago (265+ words) Trustee Critchlow says poverty big part of poor school outcomes'WVPE Trustee Critchlow says poverty big part of poor school outcomes Its potential for causing taxation without representation was one reason critics opposed Granger Republican Sen. Linda Rogers" bill to replace…...
Rogers vows to change bill replacing South Bend elected board with state appointees
1+ day, 9+ min ago (746+ words) Sen. Linda Rogers" bill to replace South Bend Community Schools" elected board with one appointed by the state received its first hearing Wednesday at the Statehouse. The bill drew overwhelmingly negative testimony and Rogers vowed to make major changes. During…...
Penn High School opens new multi-use fieldhouse named for Jerry and Donna Thacker
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (272+ words) Penn High School now has access to a new 80,000-square-foot, multi-use fieldhouse, officially opened Wednesday in Mishawaka. The Dr. Jerry and Donna Thacker Fieldhouse is designed for athletics, academics, and extracurricular programs, including marching band, robotics competitions, and large-scale testing…...
South Bend schools state takeover bill set for committee hearing
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (221+ words) Granger Republican State Senator Linda Rogers" bill implementing a state takeover of the elected South Bend Community school board is set for its first committee hearing Wednesday at the Statehouse. Local officials opposed to the move plan a press conference…...
Michiana Chronicles: Happy birthday, Ms. Beck
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (441+ words) This week, we celebrated the birthday of the best teacher I ever had, Ms. Beverlie Beck. Beverlie Beck remains one of the oldest serving teachers in America. Over the years, she's exemplified what is best about free and appropriate public…...
Phoenix district puts Cummings on leave without saying why
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (139+ words) Just two months into his first school year there, the Phoenix school district that hired ex-South Bend schools Superintendent Todd Cummings on Tuesday placed him on paid leave without giving a reason. What Cummings is accused of remains a mystery,…...
Dozens of state employees laid off as budget cuts hit agencies
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (127+ words) More than four dozen state employees in education and commerce agencies were laid off this week, while an additional 80 positions will go unfilled. The Indiana School for the Deaf and Indiana State Library were hardest hit, losing 14 and 16 employees, respectively....
Calls to fire former South Bend superintendent intensify at school board meeting
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (222+ words) The future of South Bend's school leadership dominated Monday night's nearly four-hour school board meeting, with growing calls for the official termination of former superintendent Todd Cummings. During public comment, resident Tiana Batiste-Waddell urged the board to take action before…...
Arizona district hires Cummings despite South Bend investigation
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (163+ words) Former South Bend schools superintendent Todd Cummings has signed a contract to lead an Arizona school district. At Monday's meeting of the South Bend Community Schools' board of trustees, private investigator Tim Corbett gave a damning assessment of the recently…...