Eric Weddle
Managing Education EditorEric Weddle is the managing editor of the WFYI education team, which launched in 2021. The team consistently delivers impactful watchdog reporting, holding state institutions accountable on critical education issues. Their investigations have earned top state and national awards, particularly for coverage of the challenges and realities facing children and students.
Since 2009, Eric has covered K-12 and higher education issues in Indiana. He has received awards for newspaper and audio reporting. Since 1999, he has worked for newspapers and weeklies in Indiana and North Carolina, including The Indianapolis Star, Lafayette Journal & Courier, and The Independent. Eric joined WFYI in late 2014.
Contact Eric at eweddle@wfyi.org or call (317) 614-0470, and follow him on X at @ericweddle.
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Mitch Daniels returns to Purdue as interim president July 1, succeeding Mung Chiang, who left for Northwestern University. -
Candidates have filed to run for Hamilton County school board seats ahead of the November 2026 election, the first since a new state law made the races partisan. -
Gov. Mike Braun is accepting applications through July 7 to fill a utility commission vacancy after Commissioner David Veleta announced his resignation. -
Indianapolis' new education board unanimously sent a four-year, 37.2-cent property tax referendum to the November ballot, splitting about $87.8 million a year between IPS and roughly 60 charter schools. -
Voters will choose five of seven Indianapolis Public Schools Board seats in the district's first partisan school board election this November. Here's who filed and why. -
Indianapolis Public Schools is accepting applications through June 23 to fill the District 4 board seat left vacant by Allissa Impink's resignation. -
Indianapolis Public Schools Commissioner Allissa Impink will resign from the board after winning the Democratic primary for Indiana Senate District 46, leaving five of the seven board seats on the November ballot. -
IPS Superintendent Aleesia Johnson announced $17 million in central office cuts, the latest step in an effort to close a deficit as enrollment falls and a fiscal cliff approaches. -
Both Democrats running for Marion County sheriff face scrutiny: Kelvis Williams for a campaign mailer and Gregory Patrick over an old Florida campaign finance fine. -
Most of the Indianapolis Public Education Corporation board’s members have connections to the charter school or education reform sector.
