Indiana's largest school district is ...

Learning Curve

It's easy to see why Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is so eager to embrace the pro-privatization forces working to dismantle public education. They spend lots of money, after all, electing politicians to support their mission.Tuesday

ALEC's star performer

ALEC, the corporate-controlled legislative group promoting a systemic destruction of public education, has released its annual report card. Indiana, ALEC's poster child for destructive reform, earns a B+ on the dubious roll and ranks it first in the May 9, 2013

Bad news for voucher supporters

A different state, a different decision. Louisiana's Supreme Court has ruled the funding mechanism for the school voucher program violates theMay 7, 2013

An enrollment loss of nearly 1,500 students pushes Indianapolis Public Schools behind Fort Wayne Community Schools as the state's largest public school district. Ray Steele of WIBC radio reported that IPS' preliminary enrollment on Friday, the official count day, was 30,128.

At FWCS, the preliminary enrollment figure is 30,622, according to spokeswoman Krista Stockman.

The state's voucher entitlement program and an increasing number of new charter schools continues to affect enrollment, particularly in Indiana's urban areas. FWCS' preliminary enrollment on the 2011 count day was 31,022, for a loss of about 400 students this year. The South Bend Tribune reported Friday that South Bend Community Schools appeared to have an enrollment decline of 474, for a total enrollment of about 20,000.

For each of the districts, the enrollment decline means hundreds of thousands of dollars lost in tuition support.