Jordan College of the Arts On April 13, 1895, the Metropolitan School of Music was founded by four private music teachers and opened for the… Read More »Jordan College of the Arts
Key Learning Community The Key School (later Key Learning Community) was founded by eight teachers in 1987 after three years of research, a… Read More »Key Learning Community
Florentine Wilhelmina Emma Krauch (June 12, 1877-Oct. 9, 1958). Flora Krauch was responsible for developing children’s wear merchandising methods, professional saleswomen with child welfare… Read More »Florentine Wilhelmina Emma Krauch
Language Immersion Programs After several attempts to establish schools for German American children, a group of prominent, non-sectarian, liberal German Americans in Indianapolis… Read More »Language Immersion Programs
Law Schools Legal education in the early 19th century consisted of studying as an apprentice under a practicing lawyer. One of the… Read More »Law Schools
Violet Temple Lewis (May 27, 1897-Mar. 22, 1968). Violet Temple Lewis was born in Lima, Ohio, to William David Harrison and Eva Brown… Read More »Violet Temple Lewis
Literacy Census data shows a continuous decline in the percentage of Indianapolis residents reported as illiterate or presumed to be functionally… Read More »Literacy
John Washington Love (Aug. 10, 1850-June 24, 1880). John Washington Love was born in Napoleon, Indiana, to William and Mary Love, who moved… Read More »John Washington Love
Lumina Foundation for Education With more than $1.2 billion in assets, Lumina is the nation’s largest philanthropy dedicated exclusively to increasing postsecondary access to… Read More »Lumina Foundation for Education
Manual High School One of the nation’s first high schools to emphasize vocational education, then called manual training, Manual High School resulted from… Read More »Manual High School
