More than 30 NWI schools termed four-star

MUNSTER | More than 30 schools from Northwest Indiana were named four-star schools in the state.

Three area high schools join AP prep program

Three area high schools joined Indiana's Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Program, created to increase college- and career-readiness, administered by the University of Notre Dame.

Local educators say Bennett shut them out

Some local educators contend the state's top educator was defeated at the polls not because of the education reform he became famous for but because he didn't include educators in the process.

Indy-area teacher ousts incumbent state superintendent

A grassroots campaign and a promise to reverse education reform measures put in place over the last four years made Indianapolis-area teacher Glenda Ritz the state's top educator.

Dem superintendent candidate stumps in Gary

GARY | With four days to go before the election, Glenda Ritz, Democratic candidate for Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction, was in Gary Friday telling a handful of teachers from Lake and Porter counties she's feeling positive about the election.

State superintendent of public instruction candidates differ on testing requirements, school takeover

Candidates for the state's top educator differed Friday on strategies to evaluate student reading levels in a debate broadcast by a Northeast Indiana radio station.

2 veteran educators compete for state superintendent post

A 33-year veteran educator with no political experience is challenging Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett for the top spot.

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.

Indiana to get waiver for No Child Left Behind

Local superintendents were pleased to hear Thursday that Indiana was one of 10 states receiving a federal waiver from certain requirements within the No Child Left Behind education law.

State ed officials mull decisions for schools on probation

At last week's first hearings for local schools on probation, one after another -- parents, teachers, administrators and students -- paraded to the microphone with the same message: Don't take over our school.