Teresa Tackett, assistant professor of advertising and public relations, won the 2023 Mass Communication and Society Dissertation Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
At least 90% of the teaching staff directly impacted by Indianapolis Public Schools sweeping reorganization enacted last year will continue working in the district for the 2023-24 school year, the district said Thursday.
The update from IPS shows that 300 staffers affected by school closures and mergers initiated by Rebuilding Stronger were placed elsewhere in the district.
The Rebuilding Stronger overhaul adopted by Indianapolis Public Schools, which includes six school closures, required IPS to address staffing disruptions for teachers.
Indianapolis Public Schools says its sale of closed school buildings is exempt from a state law that generally requires districts to offer those facilities to charters for $1.