May 23, 2025
Meet the new board tasked with shaping IPS and charter school policy
Nine civic and education leaders have been appointed to the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance, a new board that will plan how IPS and charter schools share facilities, transportation, and resources.
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Following government orders, IU eliminates DEI programs
Just three years ago, Indiana University won a national award for prioritizing diversity. Today, it’s closing the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Read MoreMay 23, 2025
Some 2025 IPS grads are choosing skilled trades and technical training over college
Some 2025 Indianapolis Public Schools graduates are choosing careers over college, thanks to hands-on training in the district’s automotive program.
Read MoreMay 23, 2025
Indiana sex ed law adds more parental oversight, consent lessons and fetal imagery
Indiana’s new sex education law requires schools to teach about sexual consent, share detailed curriculum with parents, and show fetal development videos if pregnancy instruction is included.
Read MoreMay 22, 2025
Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma
The court was deadlocked 4-4, which meant a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state remained in place.
Read MoreMay 19, 2025
IPS asks parents to weigh in on school transportation in new survey
Indianapolis Public Schools is surveying parents about student transportation needs to help guide the work of a new citywide education alliance.
Read MoreMay 16, 2025
IPS wins right to sell one school building, must offer another to charters for $1
An Indiana court ruled that IPS can sell one closed school to a nonprofit but must offer another to charter schools for $1 under a revised state law.
Read MoreMay 16, 2025
Indiana schools have new requirements when older students are truant
A new state law expands school absence rules to students in grades seven through 12.
Read MoreMay 13, 2025
Kids suffer amid Indiana's flawed system to measure, address school bullying
The state has a long definition of bullying that includes “the intent to harass, ridicule, humiliate, intimidate or harm the targeted student.”
Read MoreMay 9, 2025
IU trustee candidates ask Whitten to break silence after Braun gets control of board
Pleas and criticism grow as Gov. Mike Braun has full control over the Indiana University Board of Trustees, but one voice has been silent.
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