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Creating Incredible Public Schools

When we released our report, we hoped it would spark significant conversations about the need for change within IPS and how to create the best district possible. That's exactly what it has done.

Since its December release, there have been more than 75 articles, blog posts, editorials, and letters to the editor on our Opportunity Schools report in outlets ranging from The Indianapolis Star to Education Week. The report also has generated interest among leaders in other cities, including Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, who issued a district-reform report in February that cited our plan and offered similar prescriptions. And it has created a robust dialogue among a variety of groups and individuals about the best way forward for IPS.

We know this dialogue will continue, and we hope you will take part. If you are interested in being part of the conversation about transforming IPS, you can: 

Together, we can make IPS a network of Incredible Public Schools.

The Mind Trust has done this city a tremendous favor with today's release of its dramatic plan to overhaul Indianapolis Public Schools…This is the start of what needs to be a long conversation.

-Indianapolis Star in Dec. 18, 2011 editorial about our Opportunity Schools report