Through apprenticeships, Indiana hopes to meet the need for more educators

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Through apprenticeships, Indiana hopes to meet the need for more educators. Two new apprenticeships in Indiana hope to encourage more Hoosiers to become educators at a time when fewer students are completing traditional teaching pathways.

Lawrence Township plans Afrocentric school despite concerns on finances and equity. The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township plans to revive a former middle school that was once shuttered amid declining enrollment and launch a new school with an Afrocentric focus in 2027.

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