State budget contains offer to settle Gary schools lawsuit

INDIANAPOLIS | The state budget approved April 27 by the Indiana General Assembly contains, as expected, appropriations for every state agency to carry out its work over the next two years.

Ritz seeks more funds for remedial classes

INDIANAPOLIS | The state's schools leader asked the Indiana Senate's budget writers Thursday to provide more money for remedial instruction and reduce their focus on student testing.

Roosevelt turning around?

GARY | While Roosevelt College and Career Academy is closed again today due to heating issues, some believe the junior academy is turning itself around.

EdisonLearning official: Lawsuit does not affect this year's funding

GARY | Officials from a management company operating Gary Roosevelt do not believe a Marion County Superior Court ruling will affect them.

EdisonLearning ready to open 'new' Roosevelt

Rodney Johnson and Jarrette Reynolds move file cabinets to classrooms Friday as they help prepare Theodore Roosevelt College and Career Academy for the first day of school Wednesday. The Indiana Department of Education hired EdisonLearning to help turn Roosevelt around this year after years …

EdisonLearning ready to open 'new' Roosevelt

Alex Davis, a Roosevelt graduate, cleans off old trophies Friday to prepare for the opening of Theodore Roosevelt College and Career Academy in Gary. The trophies will be displayed near the gym at the school, which is being operated this year by EdisonLearning.

EdisonLearning ready to open 'new' Roosevelt

Old lockers wait to be replaced Friday at Theodore Roosevelt College and Career Academy in Gary. The first day of school is Wednesday.

New Gary schools superintendent details goals for her first 90 days

GARY | New Gary schools Superintendent Cheryl Pruitt has set an ambitious plan for her first 90 days on the job.

State education chief defends Roosevelt takeover choice

GARY | Indiana's top educator intends to collaborate with Gary's new mayor and school superintendent to make sure Gary students are ready to enter college and embark on careers.

Title IX 'changed everything for women' 40 years ago

Mildred Ball grew up in Gary dribbling basketballs, digging volleyballs and drilling softballs.

Gary crowd appears single-minded about 'Hoosier Hysteria'

GARY | Fewer than a dozen people showed up at Roosevelt High School for the 11th and final IHSAA Hoops Town Hall series about the state of Indiana class basketball but one thing was clear: