Several education experts spoke Monday before a state legislative committee considering the situation that's drawn attention after the Indiana Department of Education reported a 33 percent drop in the number of initial teacher licenses issued since 2009.

An Indiana State Board of Education official says it will likely put off a vote on setting the pass-fail levels for the ISTEP standardized exam that students took last spring.

ISTEP test passing rates could plummet by about 16 percentage points in English and 24 percentage points in math compared to 2014 if the Indiana State Board of Education approves a recommendation from educator panels Wednesday.

A panel of educators, lawmakers and higher education officials met Tuesday to discuss how to deal with an impending policy change that one K-12 leader said will "decimate" the dual credit options for high school students.

An email Chalkbeat obtained from the U.S. Department of Education to the Indiana Department of Education says the state incorrectly applied provisions of federal law when determining this year's Title I poverty aid for charter schools.

The management of Indianapolis Public Schools athletics could be outsourced under a nearly $300,000, two-year contract to the current executive director of a state commission.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is making a stop at Purdue University in West Lafayette and Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis today as part of the department's sixth annual back-to-school bus tour. WFYI Public Media spoke with Duncan in advance about some local and state issues.

Rosa Ramos Ochoa, a senior at Ben Davis University High School, was sure she had earned a scholarship under Indiana's 21st Century Scholars program, which can provide students with up to four years of college tuition if they meet certain goals, because she finally had a Social Security number. But it didn't matter, she told U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan during his visit to Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis.

A new effort between Indianapolis Public Schools and education reform group The Mind Trust, would allow existing school leaders at IPS to convert their schools to autonomous schoolhouses, free from district mandates and collective bargaining for teachers.

The board of trustees of the New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. passed the policy 5-0 Monday night.