The Indianapolis Public Schools board unanimously approved a plan to overhaul the district by closing six school buildings, changing grade configurations and establishing eight middle schools. The plan will also provide, for the first time, all students in middle school with algebra and arts courses.
The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based charter advocacy group, hopes the legislature will change the state s school bus law next year, highlighting in a new report how the requirement creates a costly burden for charter schools in particular.
In the summer learning labs program hundreds of teachers are expected to teach students in grades 1-9 at least three hours of academics a day, in addition to other activities in the full-day program.