Changes would be made based on a proposal from the Core 40 Subcommittee, a subset of the Indiana Career Council made up of various stakeholders from the business, K-12, higher education, school administration and other communities. The General Assembly established the group in 2014 and charged them with making recommendations to the State Board of Education.

The nation's high school graduation rate is at a record-high 81 percent. Why? Because states are doing good things ... or using some sleight of hand.

The State Board of Education met Wednesday and discussed a new plan for schools choosing their formative assessments.

Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz will announce Friday that she will challenge Gov. Mike Pence in 2016, according to the blog of a national public education advocate.

Indianapolis Public School Board approved a new policy Thursday that details how staff can intervene in student altercations and Superintendent Lewis Ferebee promised pay raises for all teachers next year.

Indianapolis Public Schools likes to brag these days about Project Restore, a home-grown school improvement plan invented by two of its teachers that has helped turn schools around.

The State Board of Education is being remade after a bill signed into law last month changes who can appoint members. Here is who stays, who goes and who is new.

The executive director of the Indiana State Board of Education will retire at the end of this month, just before the board is reconstituted under a new state law.

A report out this week is urging the Indianapolis Public Schools district and city charter schools to consider partnering on a one-stop shop approach for enrollment.

Former Indiana state schools Superintendent Tony Bennett won't face any criminal charges after an investigation into whether he misused state resources for his 2012 re-election campaign.