Dispute over grants for longer school days leaves schools in limbo
Plans to lengthen the school day at eight middle schools with many poor students are now hanging in the balance because of a squabble between city and state officials.
Monthly Archives: July 2014
$50 million preschool push a centerpiece of Ballard’s plan to cut crime
Mayor Greg Ballard today announced major new education initiatives aimed in part at combating an upswing in violence in Indianapolis, most notably a $50 million, five-year public-private effort to expand preschool for poor children.
Ballard hopes big money leads more kids to better preschools
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s plan to spend $50 million for preschool for the city’s poorest children will tackle two issues: making sure 1,300 more children can afford to enroll and growing the number quality of centers in the city.
Ballard’s education plan praised for boldness
Mayor Greg Ballard won praise today for his $50 million plan to combat crime with programs that aim to get kids in school sooner and keep them there longer.
Summer program helps San Francisco students chart their future
A summer program in San Francisco drew students in by offering cold, hard cash, but it wasn’t long before what they were doing and learning overshadowed the stipend. The program offers a mix of academic tutoring and career preparation for 10th- and 11th-grade students who are behind on credits or failing classes.
UCLA summer program supports youth in foster care
Instability — multiple homes and multiple schools — is one of the biggest obstacles to academic success for foster children. But some high school students in foster care are benefiting from one constant in their lives: a program each summer offered at a number of universities throughout the country aimed at keeping them on track academically and preparing them for college.
Marion County selected as pilot county for Pence’s pre-k program
Low-income four-year-olds in Marion County next year will have a new route to preschool.
Cash-strapped families struggle to keep kids learning through summer
In low-income communities, families face a variety of hurdles in trying to head off learning loss when students are on summer break. Springboard Collaborative is a program that focuses on parents and what a difference they can make with just a little support and guidance.
Report lists ways to measure expanded learning
The Annenberg Institute for School Reform has developed a set of indicators to measure the success of expanded learning efforts that aim to improve the academic achievement of low-income students.
National poll shows more students in summer programs
Data from a national poll show that a third of families with school-age children enrolled at least one child in a summer program in 2013. That is an increase from five years earlier, when only a quarter of families had enrolled their children in summer programs.