Jason Bearce, spokesman for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, advises me that details on what public institution Indiana high school students attend after graduation is provided only to the high schools, for their own use. Sharing that level of detail publicly raises student privacy considerations, he writes in an e-mail.

The much-anticipated first draft of a national standards document has just been released.

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has just released fascinating new reports showing post-secondary information for Indiana high school graduates. The first reports are for the Class of 2007. The CHE news release

Questions about the management of Imagine Schools in Indiana is no longer confined to the charter schools' Fort Wayne locations. Concerned community members are meeting Tuesday night to discuss concerns at Imagine Indiana Life Sciences Academy East. The Rev. Theron Williams of Mount Carmel Baptist Church called me

Indiana is not among the finalists for the federal Race to the Top funds. I would have been surprised if it were, especially now that Gov. Mitch Daniels has acknowledged that he might be a candidate for the GOP nomination for president in 2012.

At least one Indiana school district plans to eliminate its adult education program to help cope with th $300 million in K-12 education cuts ordered by Gov. Mitch Daniels. Long-term, that's a penny-wise and pound-foolish approach. Adult education programs do more directly to get people working, paying taxes and supporting public schools than most people realize.

A Madison County citizens group has put state schools chief Tony Bennett in an awkward situation.

This story from the Sarasota Herald Tribune sounds just about right to anyone paying attention to Imagine Schools Inc.

The school funding lawsuit filed by Hamilton Southeastern and two other Indiana school districts is renewing the weak cries of the money should follow the student. In the end, the result is that suburban schools don't get enough to keep up with extraordinary growth, while more per pupil is funneled to urban/rural schools where students need extra support, opines the Evansville Courier Press.

March Madness in Indiana is usually about basketball, but this year it might better describe the school-closing debate. Fort Wayne Community Schools is likely to enter the discussion this month after the school board begins addressing ideas to cut $15 million. Kokomo is looking to close three elementary schools and two middle schools. The superintendent is asking the school board to move the

Fort Wayne Community Schools board President Mark GiaQuinta is clearing the air over an adjustment the board made to the administrative salary schedule in December. He called a news conference for this afternoon to announce there was no raise involved in adding steps to the salary schedule, there will no step increases, there will be no administrative raises of any kind.

News that all of the teachers at a Rhode Island high school will be fired as part of a turnaround effort strikes a chord here in Fort Wayne, where all of the teachers at North Side and South Side high schools must reapply for their jobs as part of efforts to improve achievement.

There's an interesting connection between two Fort Wayne charter schools and the subject of a Washington Post story We published today. The C Street Center, a $1.8 million townhouse in Washington, leases