The Mind Trust's provocative new report on the future of Indianapolis Public Schools is sure to lead to a vigorous debate over how the district should operate, including whom the public should hold accountable for its performance - the publicly elected board that controls it now or the mayor of Indianapolis.

"If we're going to be serious about doing something transformational we need an aggressive plan," Mind Trust CEO David Harris said.

The Mind Trust releases a bold new plan for transforming IPS.

The Mind Trust has done this city a tremendous favor with today's release of its dramatic plan to overhaul Indianapolis Public Schools. Whether the details of the plan map out the best course for the city and IPS for the future is an open question â€" and one that deserves robust discussion in the months ahead.