November 2, 2023
Charter school funding is on the ballot. Do voters even know?
Ten charter schools could receive referendum funds from Hammond schools.
Read MoreOctober 31, 2023
Whitten to invest $250 million in life and health sciences
Indiana University President Pamela Whitten detailed major investments in life science institutes, faculty, facilities and research in her State of the University address Monday.
Read MoreOctober 27, 2023
Fewer Indianapolis high schoolers are going to college
College enrollment in Indianapolis is declining.
Read MoreOctober 27, 2023
Perry schools will offer pay raises to attract and retain bus drivers
Perry Township Schools is raising wages for new and current bus drivers as the district continues to face staffing strains, even though it redrew some school enrollment boundaries earlier this year to try to ease the problem.
Read MoreOctober 25, 2023
Here are the 11 Indiana schools with a referendum on Nov. 7 ballot
Many school corporations now depend on the added funds from local property-tax referendums to consistently pay for teachers, staff, and academic programs.
Read MoreOctober 25, 2023
Parents like private school vouchers so much that demand is exceeding budgets in some states
In some states, higher-income families can now use taxpayer money to cover private school tuition -- and more people than projected are taking the offer, which might force scrambles to shore up state budgets.
Read MoreOctober 24, 2023
New performance report cards go live on each Indiana school’s website, replacing A-F grades
To increase transparency around Indiana students’ education performance, new report cards issued by the state education department are now required to be posted on nearly every Hoosier school’s website.
Read MoreOctober 19, 2023
To improve law enforcement interactions, communities look to crisis intervention, resource mapping
Some counties are looking for new ways to improve interactions between law enforcement and people experiencing a mental health crisis. The National Alliance on Mental Illness is coordinating with local advisory councils to provide crisis intervention training and resource mapping.
Read MoreOctober 19, 2023
Why this Indiana family keeps going back to a school they say fails their son
Many experts say it is harmful to isolate children with disabilities. Nationally, however, public districts paid for about 166,000 students with disabilities to attend segregated schools.
Read MoreOctober 19, 2023
Indiana’s college going rate unchanged a year after hitting lowest in a generation
A new state report found about 53 percent of Indiana high schoolers who graduated in 2021 went straight to college.
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