A 50-member commission created by State Superintendent Glenda Ritz met for the first time Friday to begin developing strategies to address Indiana's teacher shortage.

For the last few decades, dual language immersion programs in Indiana's schools have been rare. A handful are sprinkled throughout the state, but after this year's legislature allocated $500,000 to start a dual language immersion pilot program, five more schools will join the pool of available programs.

The Indiana Department of Education is reviewing whether A-F performance grades to schools could be canceled this year because regulations on setting those grades have expired.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will be making stops in Indianapolis and West Lafayette later this month as a part of a seven-state "back to school" bus tour.

Teachers at Indianapolis Public Schools will get their first pay raise in five years as part of a new two-year teacher contract reached by the district and the Indianapolis Education Association, the union that represents IPS teachers.

Indianapolis Public Schools today unveiled a three-year strategic plan to reshape the school district's management, spending and services with a goal of better academic offerings that are accessible to all students.

Indianapolis could eventually become the home to four charter schools that bear little resemblance to any school in the city - or, for that matter, across the country.

Indianapolis Public Schools will soon start negotiations with an upstart Nearwestside charter school offering a dual language curriculum.