Purdue University and Marion County leaders share a common concern: the unacceptably small number of Indianapolis low-income and minority students who have the opportunity to succeed in college. IPS high school SAT scores paint a compelling picture of how ill-prepared this student population is to pursue a college education.
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Editorial calls STEM-focused high school 'promising'
In eight years at the Statehouse, Mitch Daniels was an enthusiastic supporter of charter schools, but he’s likely done more to advance Indiana’s charter movement as president of Purdue University than he ever did as governor.
Read the full editorial from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
Purdue plans high-tech Indianapolis charter high school
Purdue University President Mitch Daniels, the former Indiana governor, has a problem: not enough Indianapolis Public Schools students graduate with the skills to thrive at his school.
His solution? Open a charter school in Indianapolis that can serve as a direct pipeline delivering more well-qualified IPS students to the West Lafayette university.
Read the full story on Chalkbeat.