Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:49 — 2.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Monroe County Community School Board met last night, and heard about the 2020 school budget as well as the school corporation’s I-LEARN results. Markay Winston, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, shared the district’s ILEARN standardized testing data at the meeting. MCCSC had higher passing rates …
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Indiana schools have a new standardized test called ILEARN, which has replaced the ISTEP. Based on student test results, Indiana officials award a letter grade to each school, and the grades are linked to teacher evaluations and teacher pay. But scores on the ILEARN were so low that Monroe County School Superintendent Judi DeMuth exempted educators from the negative impact …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:05 — 8.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis fall, voters are being asked to decide three contested races for Monroe County School Board seats. In District 2, Sue Wanzer is defending her seat against candidate Jim Billingsley. Assistant News Director, Sarah Vaughan, spoke with Wanzer and Billinglsey as part of WFHB’s Candidate Forum series. …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:37 — 15.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn Tuesday December 10th Indiana Governor Mike Pence outlined his agenda for handling Hoosier education in 2014. He praised Indiana standardized test scores and announced an initiative to provide grants directly to teachers, and stressed innovation in education. Highlights from his speech, here for today’s WFHB feature …
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