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Proposed charter in Porter County raises ire of public schools

May 13, 2019 at 2:47 a.m.

Opposition is growing against a proposed charter school that aims to open in the fall of 2017 to educate students by focusing on the classics. Public school supporters in Chesterton...

Former ITT students say school was troubled for a long time

June 24, 2019 at 9:01 a.m.

As former employees of ITT Technical Institute's Merrillville campus were busy loading up boxes of records and supplies into cars in the parking lot on Thursday morning, former students talked...

Diocese adds new schools director

May 13, 2019 at 2:45 a.m.

The Diocese of Gary has tapped a longtime Illinois administrator as its next director of schools. Joseph Majchrowicz took over the post on Aug. 29. He will oversee 17 elementary...

River Forest elementary schools let out early due to heat

May 13, 2019 at 2:45 a.m.

With temperatures reaching higher than 90 degrees for the second straight day, students at five elementary schools in Lake Station were released early Wednesday afternoon due to excessive heat in...

Gary schools looking for ways out of huge deficit

May 13, 2019 at 2:45 a.m.

The Gary Community School Corp. opened its doors for a new school year on Aug. 22, but the district's future is murky amid a $75 million budget deficit. The district...

Thomas Keon oversaw the merger of Purdue campuses in Hammond and Westville.

Combined Purdue campuses ‘changed amazingly’

May 13, 2019 at 2:44 a.m.

Signs in the traditional gold and black started cropping up all over the Purdue University Calumet and North Central campuses this summer, but they had a new name — Purdue...

Morgan Township senior Hannah Swivel walks eighth graders through a mock assignment on their new Chromebooks.

Morgan Township students help each other with new technology

May 13, 2019 at 2:44 a.m.

A classroom at Morgan Township Middle School was a hive of conversation on a recent afternoon, with students peppering their instructors with questions about their new Google Chromebooks. But the...

School audits show problems with student counts, fed programs

May 13, 2019 at 2:43 a.m.

Recent state audits of three local schools districts show issues with reporting accurate student enrollment, purchasing items without bidding, and problematic administration of federal programs. State auditors recently released a...

Gary school officials said thieves are responsible for tearing off some of the back wall of the closed Nobel Elementary School in Gary.

Scrappers at closed Gary school face charges

May 13, 2019 at 2:42 a.m.

Gary school officials are praising the assistance of community members and police after two men were arrested Monday morning with a truckload of items from the shuttered Nobel Elementary School....

Fewer choices, higher prices concerns as ACA enrollment period looms

May 13, 2019 at 2:42 a.m.

The Affordable Care Act enrollment period doesn't begin until November, but the recent departure of several health insurance providers from federal and state marketplaces is raising concerns of fewer choices...

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