Local | March 27, 2018

Indianapolis turns up effort to lure more experienced teachers

In the latest sign of the convergence between Indianapolis Public Schools and the city’s charter schools, the district is joining with Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration for a campaign to recruit educators to Indianapolis.

A website launched Tuesday aims to attract mid-career teachers from other areas to teach in Indianapolis. The “Teach Indy” website and recruitment campaign is a partnership between the city’s largest district, the Mayor’s Office of Education Innovation — which authorizes many of the city’s charter schools—and the Mind Trust, an Indianapolis not-for-profit that has played an integral role in the district’s growing collaboration with charter schools…