Yvonne Stokes, the former Hamilton Southeastern Schools leader, will be Gary Community Schools first board-appointed superintendent since the state took control of the district in 2017.

Ivy Tech President Sue Ellspermann will retire in June of 2025 after serving nearly a decade as head of the statewide community college system.

Nine Indiana school districts will receive federal funding for new electric school buses. The Environmental Protection Agency's Clean School Bus Program awarded more than$11 million for electric school buses in Indiana this year.

The 7-year-old student described several incidents when the teacher allowed or encouraged other children to hit him, according to an affidavit.

Students can now apply for Indiana's Career Scholarship Account program for the upcoming school year. The program provides 10th, 11th and 12th grade students with up to $5,000 a year to enroll in eligible internships, apprenticeships and other work-based learning experiences.

The most recent data on how much money private schools receive in Indiana's voucher program.

Enrollment in Indiana’s private-school voucher program surged to 70,095 students in 2023-24. That’s a 31 percent increase compared to the previous year — the largest ever jump in a single year.

The Indiana Charter School Board revoked Indy STEAM Academy’s charter while also approving the expansion of GEO Next Generation Academy on the same property.

The Indiana Department of Education is making changes to a new literacy endorsement after educators spoke out against the requirements. The department said it plans to offer more flexible training options, and it has adjusted which teachers will be required to get the endorsement.

Indiana’s education department is telling school districts not to adopt new federal protections for LGBTQ+ students and sex-based discrimination as the the rules are challenged in federal court.