The University of Evansville has fired men's basketball coach Walter McCarty after an investigation revealed additional allegations of off-court misconduct. Former Butler coach Todd Lickliter was hired by the university late Tuesday to replace McCarty.

A bill up for passage in the Senate this week would require schools, beginning in 2021, to have a relationship with a mental health care provider before getting school safety dollars.

Three Indianapolis schools under state takeover will be returned to their former home district after the State Board of Education today reversed a decision and denied a private manager's intent to seek charter authorization for the schools.

The State Board of Education ended the takeover of Gary's Theodore Roosevelt College & Career Academy today without much discussion during its regular meeting. The intervention of the school was approved in 2011 due to years of chronic academic failure.

The graduation rate at Emmerich Manual High School plummeted to 57 percent last year, after a state audit found the school did not have the proper documentation for many of the students designated as leaving to home-school, according to new data obtained by Chalkbeat.

An end to Indiana's experiment in the takeover of failing schools could happen Wednesday -- again. For the second time, the State Board of Education will vote on the future of four schools, one in Gary and three in Indianapolis.

Franklin College in Indiana has fired its president after he was arrested in Wisconsin on suspicion of using a computer to facilitate a sex crime and attempted child enticement.

State and school officials have called for the hold harmless measure since last fall, after results from the new ILEARN test showed a significant drop in student achievement.

The Day of Commemoration events are scheduled for Jan. 20. It represents the 200th anniversary of Indiana Gov. Jonathan Jennings signing of a bill that led to the school's 1820 founding.

Indianapolis Public Schools Board on Saturday approved plans for three former schools under state intervention, in anticipation Indiana officials will agree next week to return the schools to district control.