Classes were cancelled Thursday, Nov. 12 at the charter network’s elementary, middle and high school because many teachers called off in an apparent protest.

Indianapolis Public Schools wants Indiana lawmakers to close a $24 million special education funding gap in the state's next two-year budget.

The majority of the 38 school districts seeking a property tax increase won their ballot measure on Tuesday. Budget cuts could be in store for the 12 that did not.

Philip Holden’s conviction follows guilty pleas from school founder Thomas Stoughton and former superintendent Percy Clark in a multimillion-dollar scheme.

Purdue University’s board of trustees voted to approve Jay B. Silveria, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, as the university’s next president on Thursday.

The Indianapolis Public Schools superintedent expects to close schools despite passage of a referendum in the November election that will raise property taxes for the district.

There were 31 seats open seats across 10 school boards in Marion County.

The five new candidates represent a majority of the school board, which will lose substantial power over district buildings, finances and transportation in the coming years.

The ballot measure to generate an additional $95 million in property taxes for IPS and charter schools with about 63% of the vote.

Enrollment for Indianapolis Public Schools dropped by 8%, while Wayne Township experienced the highest decline out of Marion County’s township districts.