The coalition statement reflects months of tension between lawmakers, reform groups, and community members.

Indiana lawmakers debated a bill that would require public colleges to accept the Classic Learning Test alongside the SAT and ACT. Supporters call it a “back to basics” option, while testing officials question its validation and security.

The Purdue Polytechnic High School board of directors will close the charter network’s South Bend location amid financial challenges while it focuses on the long-term stability of its two remaining Indianapolis campuses.

Hundreds of students walked out of class to speak against ICE last week leaving schools to strike a balance between student expression and student safety. And in at least one case, that meant suspending students who walked out.

Indianapolis Public Schools experienced its greatest annual enrollment decline since the pandemic while charter school enrollment also dropped — trends that could signal fundamental challenges for both school types.

An Indiana bill that originally required schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms advanced out of committee Tuesday after lawmakers significantly rewrote it.

An amendment to House Bill 1423 clarifies that existing IPS bond debt will remain with the district rather than transferring to the new Indianapolis Public Education Corporation.

As Indiana lawmakers near the halfway point of the shortened session, bills tackling cellphone use for kids and creating a new authority for IPS schools are moving through the Statehouse.

A new bill that would promote in public schools the idea of waiting until marriage before having kids passed its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday.

A bill that would transfer significant financial and operational control of Indianapolis Public Schools to a new mayoral-appointed body passed its first vote on Wednesday.