Will choice and competition really improve academic quality? A new study out of New Orleans complicates the picture.

Three years after the state took over troubled Arlington High School, in the face of chronic academic failure, the charter school company hired to operate is getting out out of the arrangement. This summer, it will reopen as an IPS school. Superintendent Lewis Ferebee is asking parents and community members to offer input in shaping Arlington's future.

Cheers and jeers -- that is pretty much how the responses to Gov. Mike Pence's State of the State address are divided among education pundits, leaders and lawmakers. While some believe Pence's proposal to increase charter school funding will benefit students and increase options for families -- others see it as a questionable bet. That is just one issue the Indiana education community is split on. Here is a selection of the responses:

Most, if not all of the education recommendations Governor Mike Pence made in his annual State of the State address Tuesday night were items Hoosiers have heard before from the lawmaker. Gov. Mike Pence's third State of the State address focused heavily on education - something many Hoosiers expected.

More than 100 Indiana schools are claiming they experienced interruptions when students took the online pre-test for the ISTEP Tuesday - bringing back memories of a similar experience during testing in 2013.

The secretary of education calls the law "tired," asserting that much of it ought to be scrapped. But he still wants to keep the annual exams that serve as the law's centerpiece.

Ivy Tech Community College President Tom Snyder says President's Obama's proposal to make the first two years of community college free for certain students is a game changer. Could Indiana one day offer free tuition for students?

President Obama is on the road as part of his effort to jump-start his 2015 agenda. Today he's in Tennessee, talking about higher education.

Fixing the funding formula for public education is a top issue in the General Assembly this session. Thursday night WFYI and Chalkbeat hosted a forum at the Central Library with Republican lawmakers and school leaders about challenges and possibilities of overhauling the system.

The Indiana State Teachers Association laid out its plans today for the 2015 legislation session and also questioned Gov. Mike Pence's proposed funding increase for charter schools.