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Governor:Mitch Daniels
Superintendent of Public Instruction:Tony Bennett
Quality Counts state grade:C+
Pre-K-12 enrollment:1,047,232
Number of school districts:358
Number of public schools:1,936
Number of public school teachers:58,121
Unadjusted education spending per student:$9,479
Percent minority students:26.9%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:46.4%
Percent of students with disabilities:15.8%
Percent of English-language learners:4.7%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:44.1%
8th grade math:34.1%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:32.7%
8th grade reading:31.8%

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December 2, 2008 - Education Week
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September 16, 2008 - Education Week
An unusual public-private partnership in Indianapolis is helping charter schools get access to money for buildings at favorable rates.
February 12, 2008 - Education Week
Mayor Bart Peterson will be handing over the reins of the city and its 16 charter schools to a Republican political neophyte.
November 8, 2007 - Education Week
At issue was a fairly broad ruling by a federal appeals court that teachers have virtually no First Amendment protection for statements made in the classroom.
October 4, 2007 - Education Week
An extreme heat wave putting temperatures as high as 102 degrees in the South and Midwest United States has prompted a rash of school closings.
August 28, 2007 - Education Week (Web)
Indiana is on pace to change how and when it tests students, following the state board of education’s approval last week of a new assessment system that is supposed to be a little cheaper for the state, and a little shorter for students.
November 3, 2006 - Education Week
Teachers in Gary, Ind., returned to work Sept. 1, the morning after resolving an 11-day strike.
September 12, 2006 - Education Week
The new school year has brought with it a fresh wave of labor unrest, as teachers in districts large and small went back to school without new contracts and thousands took to the picket lines.
September 1, 2006 - Education Week

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