Jennifer McCormick

Jennifer McCormick, Eddie Melton Make First Stop On Statewide Tour In Indianapolis

By Jeanie Lindsay • Jul 12, 2019

A statewide listening tour with Indiana’s schools chief and a state senator kicked off Thursday night. The duo will focus on education concerns from Hoosiers, but the tour isn’t without controversy.

State Prepares To Open School Safety Grant Applications After Legislative Changes

By Jeanie Lindsay • Jul 5, 2019

The state’s Secured School Safety Grants are changing this year and applications are expected to open soon, after lawmakers added more money to the fund and expanded how schools can use the money during the legislative session. 

State Sends Mixed Messages As Thousands Of Teachers Rush To Avoid Licensing Rule

By Jeanie Lindsay • Jun 10, 2019

Starting next month teachers will need to spend time focused on career awareness in order to renew their licenses. More than 22,700 – about a third of all teachers in the state – have started the process to renew their licenses compared to just 514 at this time last year.

Mental Health Central Topic Of Indiana School Safety Academy

By Carter Barrett • May 13, 2019
Jennifer McCormick will not run for re-election as state superintendent of public instruction. The position will move from general election to assigned by the governor.

Approximately 1,000 school administrators from Indiana and neighboring states gathered in Indianapolis Monday for the 20th Annual School Safety Specialist Academy. 

Mental health and social-emotional learning are a central topics for the two-day training, which comes after two school shootings in Indiana last year. The training is designed to help school officials navigate "best practices" of school safety. 

IDOE: Teacher Shortage Areas Undermine State Education Priorities

By Jeanie Lindsay • Apr 23, 2019
Jennifer McCormick is the head of the Indiana Department of Education as the last elected Superintendent of Public Instruction. (Jeanie Lindsay/IPB News)

The Indiana Department of Education says Indiana’s teacher shortage is counterproductive to its priorities.

Youth Summit Addresses Substance Abuse Prevention

By Jill Sheridan • Apr 17, 2019
Dozens of Indiana students attended a substance abuse prevention summit at the Statehouse. (Jill Sheridan/IPB News)

Dozens of Indiana students attended a substance abuse prevention summit at the Statehouse. The event highlighted the expansion of one program to reduce prescription drug abuse. 

Educators Rally At The Statehouse As Session Winds Down, Final Budget Talks Heat Up

By Jeanie Lindsay • Apr 16, 2019
Educators have used "Red For Ed" to bring more attention to issues facing public schools, like teacher pay and funding. (Jeanie Lindsay/IPB News)

While lawmakers in the Senate decided the fate of several bills Tuesday, a group of public education advocates wearing red gathered downstairs. Teachers unions, the Coalition for Public Education and Indiana PTA helped organize the event as a near-final push for more money in the state budget as the legislative session winds down.

Jennifer McCormick Will Be Indiana's Last Elected Schools Chief

By Jeanie Lindsay • Mar 19, 2019
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick took office in 2017 and will be the last elected official to oversee the Indiana Department of Education. (Jeanie Lindsay/IPB News)

Lawmakers in the Senate gave final approval on a bill Tuesday to make Indiana’s next schools chief an appointed one. Now the bill heads to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk for his signature.

Advocates: House Budget Proposal Doesn't Do Enough For Teacher Pay

By Jeanie Lindsay • Feb 20, 2019
Teresa Meredith is the president of the Indiana State Teachers Association. (Jeanie Lindsay/IPB News)

House Republicans are proposing a budget with modest funding increases for schools, as well as some additional dollars they say should go to educators, but advocates say it still isn’t enough for meaningful boosts to teacher pay.

Supt. McCormick: Even In Budget Crunch, All Schools Should See Money

By Stephanie Wiechmann • Dec 12, 2018
IMG_20181212_124048

Indiana’s state schools superintendent says state lawmakers have told the Indiana Department of Education that the next state budget will be tight and there will be less money than expected for education.

Jennifer McCormick says since the Department of Child Services has asked for hundreds of millions more dollars a year, that means less for other agencies.

Pages