Lee V. Gaines

2 months ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Lee V. Gaines

A legislative effort that would have required Indiana schools install cameras in special education classrooms and seclusion rooms fizzled out this week. Rep. Becky Cash (R-Zionsville), who authoredHouse Bill 1285, stripped the camera requirement from the legislation. She said there wasn’t enough time to get the cost of the cameras — which were going to be covered at least in part by a grant program — into the state budget.

2 months ago | wfyi.org | Lee V. Gaines

A legislative effort that would have required Indiana schools install cameras in special education classrooms and seclusion rooms fizzled out this week. Rep. Becky Cash (R-Zionsville), who authored House Bill 1285, stripped the camera requirement from the legislation. She said there wasn’t enough time to get the cost of the cameras — which were going to be covered at least in part by a grant program — into the state budget.

2 months ago | wfyi.org | Lee V. Gaines

February 5, 2025 Have a news tip for WFYI's education team? Share it here. The Trump administration is ramping up efforts to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally. But public schools are required to provide all children — regardless of their immigration status — with an education. An estimated 733,000 school-aged children live in the U.S. without legal status, including about 6,000 in Indiana, according to the Migration Policy Institute.

2 months ago | indianapublicmedia.org | Lee V. Gaines

The Trump administration is ramping up efforts to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally. But public schools are required to provide all children — regardless of their immigration status — with an education. An estimated 733,000 school-aged children live in the U.S. without legal status, including about 6,000 in Indiana, according to theMigration Policy Institute.

Jan 9, 2025 | wfyi.org | Lee V. Gaines

January 9, 2025Unable to load the audio player. You could try direct download? It's been two years since ChatGPT was released to the public. Since then, tens of millions of Americans have used it weekly. Other large language model artificial intelligence chatbots, like Gemini, have also emerged. Students and educators have begun using this technology — for better or worse. Purdue University’s College of Education hosted its first-ever AI in P-12 Education conference in 2024.