Kids at Allegiant Prep are growing radishes, collard greens and kale, among other plants!

With a new elective program, the Haughville school is teaching them about farming and giving back to the community. mirrorindy.org/allegiant-prep…

Great story about Christel House expanding support to hundreds more Indianapolis students after they graduate from high school. chalkbeat.org/indiana/2024/0…

'Based on survey results it appears that teacher morale is bad and getting worse. At the same, schools have more teachers and the pipeline is growing.'

The blame for kids underperforming in schools is never the fault of the kids. The vast majority of the blame lies in a system that views them as unteachable. citizenstewart.com

We noted these frustrations in our piece on Indiana's declining reading scores. It's good we're trying to address it, it's not so good how we've rolled things out to educators. fullcircleindyk12.com/2024/04/30/the…

A must read for the math folks out there.

Pike Township just passed a referendum. But will they have to share referendum dollars with local charter schools? We explore the ins and outs in our latest.
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Did you see our story going in-depth on what sharing with charter schools will look like? fullcircleindyk12.com/2024/05/06/wil…

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! 🍎✨ This week, we celebrate the dedication, passion, and impact of teachers everywhere. Thank you for inspiring, guiding, and shaping the future.
#TeacherAppreciationWeek #ThankATeacher #TeachLeadChange #TeachIndyNow

Today's Indiana Primary will determine our Republican candidate for governor (and likely winner come November). They'll get to pick our next Secretary of Education. Should we be worried? fullcircleindyk12.com/2024/03/01/who…

In non-election news, something very interesting is going on at Andrew J. Brown Academy, one of the city's first charters, on the far eastside, named for the local civil rights leader. It started when the school board dropped its longtime operator, NHA 🧵chalkbeat.org/indiana/2024/0…

'Districts with the steepest enrollment declines won’t be able to escape the mathematical pressures that will come with serving fewer students' buff.ly/3UDqTMS

Will Pike Township share its referendum with charter schools? We look at the details.
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What happened to Indiana reading scores starting in 2015? We unpack the arguments from a recent piece in The74 to see what happened and how we can begin to turn this decline around.
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Charter schools often get bashed by their critics for their discipline policies. Some can definitely do better. But this from The Hechinger Report shows it is a public school issue all over. Students deserve better. hechingerreport.org/vague-school-r…

Nice to finally have more clarity on where each candidate stands in relation to education.

We've been tracking these developments and plan to write a piece soon on the possible ramifications of this.

How do we hear others while maintaining our identity? Rich Harwood of The Harwood Institute in conversation w/ Brigitte M. Blom of Prichard Committee & Drew Perkins

The ThoughtStretchers Education Podcast: Community-Led Education, Overcoming The Culture Wars, Full Episode: buff.ly/4bjKtTX

Indiana reading scores have been declining since 2015, with losses concentrated among the lowest-performing students. What gives? fullcircleindyk12.com/2024/04/30/the…

While we fight for the base level math education in K-12, this is going on. High-priced math camps and math prep our families don’t know about. Time to get serious about math. It will be the most crucial subject in the coming revolution to the way we work. forbes.com/sites/mariakla…