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ERIC Number: EJ972493
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan-25
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0277-4232
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Indianapolis Plan Suggests Blueprint for Other Districts
Samuels, Christina A.
Education Week, v31 n18 p1, 15 Jan 2012
An Indianapolis-based nonprofit organization has crafted a sweeping plan for reworking the 33,000-student Indianapolis school system that would place the district under the control of the city's mayor, pare down the money spent in central administration, and give principals broad authority to hire and fire teachers. The reform plan created by the Mind Trust organization would transform the district's schools into what the report calls "Opportunity Schools," which would be given "unprecedented freedom over staffing, budgets, curriculum, and culture," as long as they continued to meet high standards. Those schools would compete for students who live within the district's boundaries. The report calls for putting the district under mayoral control, shrinking its central office, and giving principals more say.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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