Indianapolis Public Schools is starting off a new school year fully staffed in its standalone special education program for the first time after contracting with a national behavioral health company.

The former Forest Manor Middle School was once rich in resources: Two fountains flowed on either side of the building and the 5.5-acre campus featured a baseball field and a pool.

The IU Board of Trustees held an open committee meeting Monday on Zoom. That’s a bigger deal than it might seem.

Indianapolis Public Schools will put one closed school building up for lease or sale to charter schools for $1 and will sell another to a local nonprofit, the district announced Friday.

Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner, who leads K-12 education, will also oversee the state’s colleges and universities beginning this fall.

Indiana University prides itself on teaching more languages than any university in the country. Now some teachers are fighting to keep their degree programs from being cut.

The same person overseeing the state’s college and university system along with its K-12 schools is part of a state government streamlining effort by Gov. Mike Braun.

A proposal backed by Stand for Children Indiana would restructure Indianapolis Public Schools, putting district and charter schools under one board and accountability system.

The Office of Student Conduct sent its letter the day after an IU professor was reprimanded for criticizing the university and discussing in class his protests against the war in Gaza.

An Indiana University professor was formally reprimanded for violating Indiana’s intellectual diversity law.