Articles tagged as: education
April 22, 2024
Indiana educators need new literacy training. The rollout is under fire
The Indiana State Teachers Association is demanding the state education department provide more and clear details of how educators are affected by the requirement.
Read MoreApril 19, 2024
New report says Indiana does little to make pre-K widely available
A new national report on preschool access shows Indiana lags behind most other states.
Read MoreApril 17, 2024
Indiana high schoolers can take free college classes this summer
Ivy Tech Community College will offer free classes for Indiana high schoolers this summer, the fourth year of a program that helps students earn free college credits.
Read MoreApril 17, 2024
Inside a unique public microschool in Indianapolis
As a public program, the Lab School is unique among the dozens of loosely defined microschools around Indiana, which are usually very small private schools.
Read MoreApril 12, 2024
Indiana’s FAFSA deadline is here. High schools don’t know who has filed
In the final days before the state deadline schools are scrambling to help students complete the form. But they face a critical barrier: They don’t know who has filed the application and who hasn't.
Read MoreApril 10, 2024
FAFSA is a 'nightmare' for many Indianapolis students whose parents are immigrants
Indiana high school seniors are struggling to complete the new version of the FAFSA and some fear that the financial aid fiasco will prevent students from attending college at all.
Read MoreApril 9, 2024
Here's what Indiana's Republican gubernatorial candidates have to say about education
Indiana has been a national leader for more than a decade in sending taxpayer dollars to help fund private school education through its school choice voucher program.
Read MoreApril 8, 2024
Change to alternate diploma may let more students graduate high school
A change to Indiana's law governing the alternate diploma will let more students with disabilities graduate high school. The change will affect school districts throughout the state, but it will have the biggest impact in some of the states smallest schools.
Read MoreApril 4, 2024
IDOE to develop guidance on civics designations for students, schools
Indiana schools could award students a new excellence in civic engagement designation on their high school transcripts in coming years. A new law passed this year requires the Indiana Department of Education to develop guidelines to determine how students can qualify.
Read MoreMarch 26, 2024
Indiana is expanding college access, but are students actually prepared to earn a degree?
Higher education officials and school districts have pushed to boost college enrollment, including through an automatic admissions program between Indianapolis Public Schools and IU Indianapolis.
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