It’s an unfortunate paradox that education, the component of American society most essential to the future of our country, is also the one most firmly rooted in the past.

The Mind Trust and UNCF will host another in a series of “community conversations” designed to engage the local community in discussions around improving public education in Indianapolis. The topic of October’s panel discussion will be “Parent Choice” and will feature conversations with local leaders on the education choice landscape in Indianapolis and how families can navigate the sometimes complex system to access more educational opportunities.

As public charter schools near their 25th year of existence, a new report is signaling the schools must do more to drive innovation.

Charter schools “by definition meant to be experimental and unbeholden to traditional ways of schooling” need to be more innovative. That’s the primary finding of a report released Tuesday by the Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based pro-charter organization.

The Mind Trust released a report today issuing a national call to action for more innovation in U.S. charter schools and recommending steps various charter sector stakeholders could take to foster more creative and innovative thinking to make the charter school sector better, broader and bigger.