Local advocacy groups are increasingly pressing the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance on how it should conduct its work and what kind of recommendations it should make. These forces reflect the wider debate around the future of education in Indianapolis. Are these competing visions reconcilable? Continue reading Are Competing Visions for Indianapolis’ Education Landscape Reconcilable?
ILEARN results for the 2024-25 school year just dropped. The top-line results for the state reading something like this. In reading? Stagnation. In math? Modest growth. We do a deep dive into this year’s results and offer four takeaways for the broader landscape in Indianapolis and statewide. Continue reading 2025 ILEARN Deep Dive, Analysis, and Takeaways
What’s our priority as education professionals, leaders, and advocates? Is it supporting students? Or supporting systems? And are those always mutually-exclusive? Those were a few of the questions on my mind after reading about IPS’ rejection of Cold Spring’s bid to operate as both an Innovation Network School and a charter school. I unpack them here. Continue reading The Curious Case of Cold Spring and IPS: Supporting Students or Supporting Systems?
