Stories tagged with "andy gammill"

Armed with education degree, but not headed to IPS by indystar

In reference to Andy Gammill’s article, “A new breed of teachers,” Oct. 4: As someone who will be graduating from IUPUI’s School of Education next spring,... – Oct 06, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Letters to the editor

Teacher licensing change moves forward by agammill

A state professional standards board voted 15-4 today to advance a proposal to overhaul teacher and administrator licensing in Indiana. Numerous board members who voted initial... – Sep 03, 2009 at 12:50 PM in Education

Everyone can win in transfer game by indystar

The shift of public school general funds from overburdened local property taxes to state responsibility was a key feature of Indiana’s recent fiscal reforms. Practicality and... – Sep 03, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Editorial

A lesson for state's top educator by indystar

Shaking up the education industry is a good idea in a state that clearly needs a better-educated populace. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett has to be... – Jul 30, 2009 at 1:00 AM in Editorial

IPS teacher kept his job despite red flags by agammill

School districts, state agency blamed in molestation case Indiana child welfare officials and school districts in two states had a responsibility to protect children in Lee N.... – Jul 05, 2009 at 1:27 PM in Communities

Indiana teachers' union plans layoffs by indystar

The state’s largest teachers union is laying off dozens of employees in the wake of a financial crisis that spurred investigations of its troubled insurance trust. Union... – Jun 09, 2009 at 12:50 PM in Education

Few ISTEP questions are found unsuitable by agammill

New format, pilot queries may have had kids crying, review for the state finds Indiana education officials concluded that only a few questions were too hard on the March ISTEP test... – May 30, 2009 at 1:52 AM in Communities

Administrator blamed for IPS bus mix-up by indystar

A senior transportation administrator caused last week’s busing fiasco that left thousands of Indianapolis Public Schools students waiting at Conseco Fieldhouse without... – May 13, 2009 at 2:06 AM in Education

More schools put on Indiana's watch list by agammill

‘This is an urgent situation,’ state superintendent says Two-thirds of Indiana’s school districts and about half of all schools now fall in the lowest tiers of... – May 07, 2009 at 1:48 AM in Education

Is your school on list of federal failures? by indystar

Indiana will announce its annual list of schools that failed to meet federal benchmarks today — but this year officials made it tougher for a school make the grade. Check out... – Apr 15, 2009 at 11:10 AM in Education

Bored by books? Try living history by indystar

I cringed when I read recently about the Indiana Board of Education's review of social studies texts for state schools. According to some board members, these books are boring,... – Oct 22, 2008 at 2:04 AM in Opinion