Community groups, businesses promote education reform
Coalition to raise awareness, sense of urgency to improve IPS
Companies ranging from law and accounting firms to construction and engineering corporations have decided it's time to make education their business.
Saying education in Indianapolis is in a state of emergency, the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce said Monday it has formed a coalition with 40 businesses and community groups to raise awareness and promote education reform in an effort to improve Indianapolis Public Schools.
The coalition, called IndyEducation911, was announced on the same day the State Board of Education voted to turn over control of the four poorest-performing IPS schools to private companies.
The coalition cited the reverberations a poor education system can have on a city -- outside the classroom.