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IHSAA ruling: home-schoolers can join Indiana public school teams
Homeschool students will now be able to join sports teams at their local public schools under new rules adopted by the Indiana High school Athletic Association. The Indiana high school Athletic Association will require that the students must have been...
Tags: Students, Schools, High Schools, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Fiscal tug-of-war stalls Indiana voucher expansion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The timing would seem perfect for an expansion of school vouchers in Indiana, where the state's high court recently upheld the nation's broadest voucher law and the initiative enjoys broad support in one of the country's most...Tags: Students, Republican Party, Executive Branch, Scott Walker, Crime, Law and Justice
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Pence wants huge expansion of voucher system
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Gov. Mike Pence is throwing his support behind a major expansion of Indiana's school voucher program. Pence policy director Marilee Springer told members of the House education committee Tuesday that the governor supports a...
Tags: Politics, Executive Branch, Schools, Government
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Bill would require Christian prayer in Indiana's public schools
WSBT TVIt's a place many parents send their children to learn – but should public school classrooms also be a place for faith? What if just Christian faith is promoted? Northern Indiana Senator Dennis Kruse, a Republican, is sponsoring a bill that would...Tags: Students, U.S. Supreme Court, Republican Party, Family, Islam
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Indiana lawmaker wants 'Lord's Prayer' in schools
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Republican state senator is pushing for Indiana's public school students to start the school day by reciting the Lord's Prayer amid what he calls an "attack" on religion in the schools. Senate education committee chairman...
Tags: Students, Republican Party, Rituals, Separation of Church and State, Teaching and Learning
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Judge upholds most aspects of teacher benefits law
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A judge has upheld most aspects of a new law requiring Michigan public school employees to pay more for their pensions. MLive.com reports (http://bit.ly/YdT1pa ) Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina on Thursday...Tags: Republican Party, Schools, Crime, Law and Justice, Teachers, Judges
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South Bend school recognized by state superintendent
The leader of public schools in Indiana is singling out a South Bend school as a success story. State Superintendent Tony Bennett made a special stop in South Bend to congratulate Dickinson Fine Arts Academy for getting an 'A' on this year's...Tags: Schools, Tony Bennett
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Candidate wants Ind. achievement grades audited
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Democrat running against Indiana's top schools official is calling for an independent audit of the state grades of public schools' annual progress. Glenda Ritz says the grades approved by the state board of education...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Schools, Tony Bennett, Academic Progress
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Ind. board set to approve statewide school grades
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Public schools around Indiana will soon learn their new grades under the state's A-F system. The State Board of Education is scheduled to approve grades for the more than 2,000 public schools across the state on Wednesday....
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Ind. to post school grades some call too complex
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Public schools around Indiana will learn their final grades next week under a ranking system using new rules that critics say are too complex for schools and parents to understand. The State Board of Education is scheduled to...
Tags: Students, Schools, School Examinations, Teaching and Learning, Tony Bennett
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Romney: Chicago teachers turning backs on students
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Monday said Chicago teachers are turning their backs on thousands of students and that President Barack Obama is rooting for the striking educators. Obama's top spokesman said the...
Tags: Students, Mitt Romney, Washington, DC, Elections, Jay Carney
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Deadline for Indiana voucher program approaching
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — School voucher advocates are pushing to get as many Indiana children as possible into the state's burgeoning program that helps pay private school tuition. The second year of Indiana's program doubles to 15,000 the number of...Tags: Students, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Education
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