Category Education

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) announced that applications are now open for the Attract, Prepare, Retain (APR) Grant. This grant is available for Indiana’s schools and community partners to support local initiatives to attract and retain educators…

UPDATE: The Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced on June 30 that due to tech difficulties, the 21st Century Scholars enrollment deadline has been extended to July 15, 2022. (INDIANAPOLIS) – Indiana seventh- and eighth-grade students can still apply for the…

INDIANAPOLIS — One year after its creation, Indiana’s newest scholarship fund is ready to launch! The Indiana Education Scholarship Account Program joins the state’s robust catalog of education opportunities and is designed for families seeking to take control of their student’s…

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Ivy Tech Community College has honored Valerie Hoover of Twelve Mile, an English and Education teacher at Rochester High School since 2004, as one of 19 individuals across the state selected to receive the inaugural Excellence in…

INDIANAPOLIS— The Indiana State Board of Education (SBOE) today approved new K-12 Indiana Academic Standards in science and computer science, as well as academic standards for a new middle school civics course.  Indiana’s new science standards reflect similar content areas…

KOKOMO, Ind. — Art class was the reason Kenya Garcia went to school every day. Now a student at Indiana University Kokomo, she’s chosen teaching as her profession, inspired by the example set by her art teacher, Troy Clark, at…

KOKOMO, Ind. —Seven hundred forty-three full-time Indiana University Kokomo students earned chancellor’s list or dean’s list honors for the spring 2022 semester. Chancellor’s list students earned a 4.0 grade point average (GPA), while dean’s list students earned a minimum 3.5…

KOKOMO, Ind. — Kokomo community educator DeAndra Beard considers herself an optimist, and she’s bringing that optimism to her new role as director of diversity, equity and belonging at Ivy Tech Community College’s Kokomo Service Area. “You can’t be in…

(INDIANAPOLIS) –The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has awarded 200 scholarships to the sixth class of Next Generation Hoosier Educators. Recipients from Cass County include Logansport High School’s Brayan Escobedo who plans to attend Purdue University West Lafayette and Ella…

Honorary degree recipients Margie Johnson, Joe Hooper and Perry Gay are flanked by Ivy Tech Kokomo Trustee Vicki Byrd and Interim Chancellor Ethan Heicher. KOKOMO, Ind. — Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Service Area presented three honorary degrees to outstanding…