Throughout the nation, pre-kindergarten education is being hailed as one of the best ways to help children succeed in life. Indiana is no exception, with some legislators working to make pre-K education more widely available.
Fairview received an F grade from the Indiana Department of Education for 2013. Fairview also received an F in 2012, which led the IDOE to designate Fairview a “priority school.”
State money still indirectly funds controversial curriculum in the form of vouchers.
Parents of students in the Monroe County Community School Corporation gathered at Jackson Creek Middle School to discuss technology use.
St. Charles Catholic School is observing Catholic Schools Week, an annual nationwide celebration.
St. Charles Catholic School is celebrating Catholic Schools Week with pajama day and arts and crafts.
The spring grant cycle for the Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools is now open.
After falling from a grade of B from the Indiana Department of Education to an F in 2012, Templeton Elementary School was able to increase its grade to an A for 2013.
The Indiana Coalition for Public Education of Monroe County discussed issues and upcoming changes recently set forth by Gov. Mike Pence.
The school corporation received a score of a 4 in 2013, a 0.1 percent increase from a score of 3.9 in 2012.
Tears started flowing at Fairview Elementary School as parents discussed their children’s reading level and their future.
This year's A-F grades were released for Indiana schools, with 12 schools in the Monroe County Community School Corporation receiving A's, five receiving C's, one a B and two F's.
The United States Department of Education launched its online Financial Aid Toolkit on Dec. 4. The toolkit is designed to guide student advisers and counselors in the process of helping students choose a college.
MCCSC collaborated with Latino Outreach, IU La Casa and Latino Cultural
Center, El Centro Comunal Latino and Indiana Minority Health Coalition
for the event, which featured interactive activities and presentations
specifically tailored to the Latino
community.
The Indiana Department of Education released on Dec. 4 a letter from Gov. Mike Pence’s Center for Education and Career Innovation outlining its policy plans, one of which is the removal of Ritz from her current position as chair of the SBOE.
The graduation rate rose to 86 percent for Indiana, one of sixteen states to be at or above 85 percent, according to four-year high school graduation rates for 2011-2012 released by the U.S. Department of Education on Nov. 27.
The office of Glenda Ritz, Indiana superintendent of public instruction, released a document that Ritz says shows how Gov. Mike Pence’s Center for Education and Career Innovation wants to lessen her authority.
On Nov. 18, the U.S. Department of Education released its Mapping the Nation program, an interactive map of the U.S. that shows state-level data on demographics, economics and education relating to global connectivity.
The “Reading, Writing & Bidding!” auction for the Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools started Nov. 25 and will run until Dec. 9.
Rep. Rebecca Kubacki, R-Syracuse, chairman of the Family, Children and Human Affairs Committee, plans to cosponsor day care ratio bills this year, which would impose new rules on unlicensed, federally-funded day cares.
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