Parents want more action from Indianapolis Public Schools on racial equity goals Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star
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A group of parents is calling on Indianapolis Public Schools to set bolder goals for students of color and move more quickly on promises to make the state’s largest school district a more equitable place for all kids to learn.
Last summer, the IPS board of trustees adopted a new racial equity policy and named the ways in which the district had failed its Black and brown students in the past. It promised to do better, to be better moving forward.
A group of parents is calling on Indianapolis Public Schools to set bolder goals for students of color and move more quickly on promises to make the state’s largest school district a more equitable place for all kids to learn.
Last summer, the IPS board of trustees adopted a new racial equity policy and named the ways in which the district had failed its Black and brown students in the past. It promised to do better, to be better moving forward.
A group of more than a dozen parents, backed by education reform nonprofit Stand for Children Indiana, is asking the district to act on that promise now.