ICPE in the News

2026

Dallas Marshall, “Public schools plead with voters for vital funding”
The Reflector, October 13, 2026

Kayla Dwyer and Marissa Meador, “Voter guide: What to know about the unusually high number of school referendums this year”
Blue Water Healthy Living, October 13, 2026

“Choice Scholarship Vouchers. What are they?”
WFHB, October 14, 2026

“Estelle, Gray compete for New Castle Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees outside seat”
The Courier-Times, October 2026

WPTA Staff, “ACPL hosts panel with six FWCS School Board candidates”
21Alive, October 10, 2026

“Fort Wayne School Board Candidates Held Forum”
Wisevoter, October 10, 2026

WPTA Staff, “Whitley Co. residents within Smith-Green Community Schools district to vote on school funding referendum”
21Alive, October 7, 2026

Kayla Dwyer and Marissa Meador, “Voter guide: What to know about the unusually high number of school referendums this year”
AOL, October 5, 2026

Kayla Dwyer and Marissa Meador, “2026 Election Voter Guide: What to know about school district referenda”
The Indianapolis Star, October 5, 2026

Jennifer Shea, “Impact of Midwest property tax breaks begins to sink in”
The Bond Buyer, September 30, 2026 (behind paywall)

“The Policy Fight Is Reaching Your Classroom Door”
3andB, September 28, 2026

“Indiana Schools Cut Staff Amid Tax Reforms”
Wisevoter, September 27, 2026

Mackenzi Klemann, “Indiana Superintendents Say They’re Cutting Jobs Because of Property Tax Reforms”
The 74, September 27, 2026

Scott Aaron Rogers, “HoosLeft This Week – September 27, 2026”
Progressive Indiana Network, September 27, 2026

Anna Cecil, “Survey showcases school funding challenges in wake of 2025 property tax reform bill”
Howey Politics Indiana / State Affairs, September 25, 2026

Macy Gray, “Indiana Superintendents Warn Of Potential Staffing And Service Cuts”
92.7 The Light, September 25, 2026

WOWO News, “Indiana school leaders report staffing cuts amid property tax changes”
WOWO News/Talk 92.3 FM and 1190 AM, September 24, 2026

Mackenzi Klemann, “Indiana superintendents say they’re cutting jobs because of property tax reforms”
IndyPolitics, September 23, 2026

Mackenzi Klemann, “Indiana superintendents say they’re cutting jobs because of property tax reforms”
Indiana Public Media/WFIU, September 23, 2026

Mackenzi Klemann, “Indiana superintendents say they’re cutting jobs because of property tax reforms”
Inside INdiana Business, September 23, 2026

Mackenzi Klemann, “Indiana superintendents say they’re cutting jobs because of property tax reforms”
WNDU, September 23, 2026

“What We’re Reading – September 23, 2026”
Whiteboard Advisors, September 23, 2026

Mackenzi Klemann, “Indiana superintendents say they’re cutting jobs because of property tax reforms”
Indianapolis Business Journal, September 23, 2026

Indiana Capital Chronicle, “Indiana superintendents say they’re cutting jobs because of property tax reforms”
District Administration, September 23, 2026

“Survey: 46% of Responding Indiana Districts Cut Teaching Roles”
The American Quorum, September 23, 2026

Mackenzi Klemann, “Indiana superintendents say they’re cutting jobs because of property tax reforms”
Indiana Capital Chronicle, September 23, 2026

BusinessIndy Editorial Staff, “Indiana districts plan teaching and support-staff cuts after SEA 1 property-tax reforms, survey finds”
BusinessIndy, September 23, 2026

Indiana Capital Chronicle, “Indiana superintendents say they’re cutting jobs because of property tax reforms”
21Alive, September 23, 2026

Indiana Capital Chronicle, “Indiana superintendents say they’re cutting jobs because of property tax reforms”
WTHI-TV, September 23, 2026

Mackenzi Klemann, “Indiana superintendents say they’re cutting jobs because of property tax reforms”
News Now Warsaw, September 23, 2026

Luis Martinez, “Indiana Superintendents Say Property Tax Law Is Forcing Teacher, Staff Cuts”
Hoodline, September 23, 2026

WFYI News, “2026 Voter Guide: Indiana House District 58”
WFYI Public Media, September 22, 2026

“Indianapolis teachers’ union announces support for IPS referendum, citing new commitments from district”
WTHR, September 18, 2026

Mackenzi Klemann, “38 Indiana school districts to seek property tax referendums this fall”
Indiana Capital Chronicle, August 4, 2026
Natalie Fitzgibbons, “Indiana receives an F for public education support”
WFIU / Indiana Public Media, June 18, 2026
Marissa Meador, “The future of IPS is now in the hands of a first-of-its-kind school board; parents around Indy are worried”
The Indianapolis Star, June 7, 2026 (also available here, with paywall)
Jacob Stewart, “Indiana families who skip public schools shouldn’t fund them”
Indianapolis Star, May 18, 2026
Editorial Board, “Education strains could result in record school referendums this fall”
The Journal Gazette, May 11, 2026.
MJ Slaby, “How many school districts will ask for added funds this November?”
Chalkbeat, May 11, 2026 (behind paywall)
“Roger Lee Fierst, 87, Ellettsville (obituary)”
Dubois County Free Press, May 8, 2026. (Fierst was a founding member of the Indiana Coalition for Public Education.)
Tony Lux. “Guest column: Indiana bill giving ICE access to schools unconscionable”
Chicago Post-Tribune. February 27, 2026 (behind paywall)
Marissa Meador. “Controversial IPS education measure advances,”
Indianapolis Star, February 26, 2026
Marissa Meador. “’Not a state takeover’: Senate approves new board to govern IPS, charter schools.”
Indianapolis Star, February 25, 2026 (behind paywall)
Clayton Baumgarth. “Property tax cut puts squeeze on public schools”
Indiana Public Media, February 20, 2026
Jane Imbody, with AI assistance. “Local groups to host discussion on Indiana public school funding”
The Star Press Muncie, January 22, 2026 also at this link
Natalia Nelson, “Is a bell-to-bell phone ban bill the answer to improving student learning?”
Indiana Daily Student. January 20, 2026
Brent Lee, “STEM Push, Phone Limits Ahead.”
WRBI Radio. January 3, 2026

2025

Caroline Beck, “Costly school transportation leaves Indiana parents footing the burden.”
Indianapolis Star, December 26, 2025 (behind paywall)
ITEP Staff, “State Rundown 12/10: ‘Tis the Season to Reclaim Lost Revenue.”
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, December 10, 2025
Erika Malone, “Content creators hoped to move Edinburgh schools’ enrollment needle.”
Franklin Daily Journal, December 9, 2025
Annabel Prokopy and Jonathan Soco, “PODCAST: Indiana legislature convenes for special redistricting session.”
Indiana Daily Student, December 8, 2025 (includes transcript)
Casey Smith, “Indiana school leaders warn property tax reforms are destabilizing public education budgets.”
Indiana Capital Chronicle, December 4, 2025 also in Ink (Free News with audio, here; in the Fort Wayne Business Weekly, here; in the Madison Courier, here; on WTHI-TV, here; with audio in Connersville News-Examiner, here)
Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer. “School choice: Reallocate funding to reflect parents’ overwhelming preference.”
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, December 2, 2025.
Elizabeth Schuth, “More MCCSC 3rd graders held back under new state law.”
Indiana Daily Student, December 1, 2025
Elizabeth Schuth. “MCCSC to lose more than $30 million in funding over next 5 years.”
Indiana Daily Student News, November 19, 2025.
Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer. “‘Students First’: What Indiana’s school funding really looks like.”
Indiana Capital Chronicle, November 12, 2025
Adelyn Rabbitt. “The school choice dilemma: How it affects Monroe County Community Schools.”
Indiana Daily Student News, November 8, 2025.
Ethan Sandweiss, “Retention law puts high stakes on third-grade reading test.”
WFIU (Indiana Public Media), September 12, 2025.
“James (Mike) Michael Walsh (Obituary).”
Herald-Times Online, August 20, 2025.
Jim May, “Indiana families benefit from public education, even if they don’t use it.”
Indianapolis Star (letters), August 6, 2025. (also at PressReader)
Paige Shoemaker DeMio, “How the School Choice Agenda Harms Rural Students.”
Center for American Progress, May 15, 2025.
Sue Loughlin, “Bill eliminates Indiana secretary of education criteria.”
Washington Times Herald Online, April 21, 2025. (also on various other sites)
Editorial Board, “Senate bill would put politics above schools, teachers.”
The Journal Gazette, March 10, 2025.
Alexandra Kukulka, “Dozens of witnesses testify on Indiana partisan school board bill.”
Chicago Post-Tribune, March 5, 2025
Staff Reports, “Partisan school board bill opposed by BCS trustee stalls.”
Brown County Democrat, February 26, 2025.
Caleb Crockett, “Statehouse rally attendees fear a state dismantling of public education.”
The Statehouse File. February 18, 2025.
Schyler Altherr, “Educators organize around opposition to an Indiana charter-school expansion.”
The Statehouse File, February 18, 2025.
Whitney Downard and Casey Smith, “‘Smoke and Mirrors:’ Democrats, critics denounce Republican budget proposal over school funding.”
Indiana Capital Chronicle, February 17, 2025.
Adam Peterson, “Public school advocates to demonstrate at Statehouse.”
WISH-TV. February 16, 2025.
Kate Breeden, “League of Women Voters event discusses education, environment and more.”
The Statehouse File, February 13, 2025.
Alexandra Kukulka, “State senate committee weighs in on partisan elected school boards.”
Chicago Post-Tribune, February 10, 2025
Alexandra Kukulka, “Election bills that cut the early voting period, require ballot counter oaths pass out of Indiana Senate Committee.”
Chicago Post-Tribune, February 3, 2025 (may be behind a paywall)
Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, “Bills halving early voting period, closing primaries head to Senate floor.”
Indiana Capital Chronicle, February 3, 2025
“Measure would cut in-person Indiana early voting to two weeks.”
Tribune-Star, February 3, 2025 (behind a paywall)
Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer and Keri Miksza, “School funding debate hits the Statehouse.”
Indiana Capital Chronicle, February 3, 2025

2024

Aleksandra Appleton and Mia Hollie, “Vouchers nearly universal at half of Indiana private schools that take them, data shows.”
Chalkbeat Indiana, September 24, 2024
Grace Salata, Cooper VanDriessche and Taylore Williams, “Voucher dilemma: Unraveling fiscal impact of school choice program on education in Indiana,”
Indianapolis Star, September 5, 2024.

2023

Peter Blanchard, “Indiana Chamber Outlines 2024 Legislative Priorities,”
Inside Indiana Business, November 20, 2023.
Aubrey Wright, “MCCSC Referendum Passed with 1% Majority Votes,”
Indiana Public Media, November 7, 2023.
Olivia Franklin, “MCCSC Students, Parents, Teachers Organize Rally Against Schedule Change,”
Indiana Daily Student, October 23, 2023.
Keri Miksza, “Time for School Taking Vouchers to Open the Books,”
Columbus Republic, October 20, 2023.
Peter Blanchard, “New Law Offering Apprentice Scholarships Aims to Narrow Talent Gap,”
Indianapolis Business Journal, May 12, 2023.
Carson Gerber, “School Quality Key to Attracting Remote Workers,”
Herald Bulletin, April 28, 2023.
Peter Blanchard “Lawmakers Wrangle over Workforce Initiatives,”
Indianapolis Business Journal, April 21, 2023.
Ken de la Bastide, “McCormick: Indiana Should View Education Holistically,”
Anderson Herald Bulletin, February 23, 2023.
Chris Avery, “Indiana Gov. Holcomb Seeking to Eliminate Public Textbook Fees,”
Indiana Daily Student, January 26, 2023.

2022

Sue Loughlin, “Tutoring Program Could Help Struggling Fourth- and Fifth-Graders,”
Washington Times Herald, November 18, 2022.
League of Women Voters, “Chaos of Educational Scholarship Accounts,”
Crawford Journal Review, November 4, 2022.
Casey Smith, “PAC Led by Former Indy Mayor Gives Big to Pro-Charter School Candidates,”
Indiana Business Journal, October 21, 2022.
League of Women Voters, “Getting Educated About Our Indiana Education Dollars,”
Crawfordsville Journal Review, October 21, 2022.
Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, Glenda Ritz, Rachel Burke, “Give ESA Proper Program Research,”
Pharos-Tribune, July 28, 2022.
Jenny Robinson, “Show Some Love to Our Schools,”
Kokomo Tribune, February 19, 2022.
Sue Loughlin, “Education Bills Draw Strong Opposition,”
Greenburg Daily News, January 21, 2022.
Holden Abshier, “Townsend Gides Accepts University of Michigan Job, Addresses MCCSC Segregation”
, Indiana Public Media, January 10, 2022.

2021

Sue Loughlin, “How Much Politics in Public Education,”
Tribune-Star, December 7, 2021.
Madison Smalstig, “Four Bills to Watch in the 2021 Indiana Legislative Session,”
Indiana Daily Student, April 4, 2021.
Kim Fidler, “Baird Continues to Vote for Party Over People,”
Banner Graphic, February 25, 2021.
Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, “Public Funds Belong in Public Schools,”
Tribune Star, February 23, 2021.
Chris. Nolte, “Regionally Speaking,”
Lakeshore Public Radio, February 23, 2021.
Sue Loughlin, “Bill Reportedly Undercut Public Education Funding,”
Tribune Star , February 2, 2021.
Dr. Tony Lux, “Legislative Hypocrisy Again ,”
Shelbyville News, January 28, 2021.
““Protest Encouraged Against Voucher Eligibility”
, Corydon Democrat, January 27, 2021.
Dylan Peers McCoy, “Left Out of Referendums, Indiana Charter Schools Push for More Funding,”
Indiana Business Journal, January 11, 2021.

2020

Sue Loughlin, “Public Educators Expect Much from Biden Team”
, News and Tribune, November 26, 2020.
Dr. Tony Lux, “Letter to the Editor: Education in on the Ballot”
, Chicago Tribune, October 16, 2020.
“Reelect Errington to Oppose School Voucher Program”
, Muncie Star Press, September 19, 2020.
Emily Cox, “The Project School Announces Expansion,”
Herald-Times , February 1, 2020.

2019

Kyra Miller, “Public school teachers protest at Indiana State Capitol,”
Indiana Daily Student, November 19, 2019.
Adam Pinsker, “Lawmaker: Abolishing Textbook Fees Unlikely,”
Indiana Public Media, August 23, 2019.
Keri Miksza, “Where Do They Stand?” Herald Times, July 10, 2019.
Michelle Quinn, “Teachers, Parents Rally to Keep Education Front and Center,”
Chicago Tribune , May 20, 2019
Jenny Robinson, “Accountability Issues: Charters Weaken State’s Commitment to Students
,” The Journal Gazette, March 14, 2019.
Keri Miksza, “Letter: Charter Schools Don’t Deserve Tax Dollars
,” Herald-Times, March 6, 2019.

2018

Olivia Covington, “Charter school religion suit defendants awarded costs,”
Indiana Lawyer, November 16, 2018.
Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, “The Fight Must Go on over School Funding,”
Herald-Times, September 26, 2018.
Olivia Covington, “Federal court dismisses suit challenging Charter School Act
,” Indiana Lawyer, September 7, 2018.
“Letter Imperfect,”
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, August 28, 2018.
Seth Slabaugh, “Muncie Community Schools Governance Debate Resumes,”
Muncie Star Press, May 8, 2018.
“Dems Accuse GOP of Dismantling Public Ed,”
Muncie Star Press, March 12, 2018.
Shaina Cavazos, “Who’s Who in Indiana Education: Senator Ryan Mishler,”
Chalkbeat, January 29, 2018.
Anthony Lux, “School Choice No Substitute for Well-Funded Schools,”
Chicago Tribune, January 22, 2018.
Matthew Kent, “Educators Push for Local Support at Schools,”
The Republic, January 20, 2018.

2017

Kristin Inman, “Federal Lawsuit May Affect Dugger Union Charter,”
Greene County Daily World, December 8, 2017.
Becca Costello, “Lawsuit Challenging Seven Oaks Moves Forward,”
Indiana Public Media, December 1, 2017.
Olivia Covington, “First Amendment Suit Challenging Charter School Act Proceeds,”
Indiana Lawyer, November 30, 2017.
Ernest Rollins, “Judge Rules That Seven Oaks Lawsuit Can Proceed,”
Herald Times, November 30, 2017.
Jennifer Robinson, “In Rural America, School Choice Creates Challenges,”
Salon, November 10, 2017.
Jennifer Robinson, “In Rural America, School Choice Poses Agonizing Choices,”
AlterNet, October 28, 2017.
Steve Hinnefeld, “More on Growth-Only Grading of Schools,”
School Matters, October 16, 2017.
Becca Costello, “Seven Oaks Dismissed as Defendant in Authorization Lawsuit,”
Indiana Public Media, June 28, 2017.
Dave Stafford, “Suit takes aim at religious charter schools,”
Indiana Lawyer, April 25, 2017
Alexa Chryssovergis, “ICPE-Monroe County Files Lawsuit to Void Seven Oaks’ Charter,”
Indiana Daily Student, April 25, 2017.
Seth Slabaugh, “MCS takeover bill goes behind closed doors,”
Star Press, April 18, 2017
Brook McAfee, “Fuentes-Rohwer Wins Women’s Leadership Award,”
Indiana Daily Student, March 30, 2017
Kaitlin L. Lange, “Bill would quicken start of new voucher schools,”
Indianapolis Star, March 27, 2017
Alexa Chryssovergis, “Donnelly, Booker come to town for fundraiser,”
Indiana Daily Student, March 27, 2017
Brittany Lewis, “Coalition of parents, community members formed to help Muncie Community Schools,”
WISH TV, March 10, 2017
Alexa Chryssovergis, “Activists rally at the Statehouse for forests and education”
, Indiana Daily Student, February 20, 2017
Alexa Chryssovergis, “Superintendent bills approved in both House and Senate committees,”
Indiana Daily Student, February 14, 2017
Brittani Howell, “Pre-K bill voucher language has some educators torn,”
Herald Times, February 14, 2017
Brittani Howell, “Panel fields worries about policy, future of public education,”
Herald Times, February 8, 2017

2016

Tony Lux, “Republicans not supporting public education,”
Chicago Tribune, November 6, 2016
Jonathan Streetman, “Candidates for state legislators to discuss education at forum,”
Herald Times, September 14, 2016
Steve Cavazos, “Indiana could see a push for school choice savings accounts,”
Indiana Business Journal, September 5, 2016

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