The ISTEP test vendor flagged some unusual data from the Frankie W. McCullough Academy For Girls in Gary in 2017, prompting the Indiana Department of Education to take a closer look.

House Bill 1003 would allow school districts to move just 15 percent of funding in their budgets away from "education" expenses - things like teacher pay - toward operation costs.

Perry County employers prioritized childcare in 2013 to attract workers. Their efforts are working, but now they face a new set of challenges.

Indiana's high school graduation rate for 2018 remained about the same as last year, at 88.1 percent.

Education took up more than half of the state's last two-year budget, and so far teacher pay looks to be a big focus in 2019, but that's not the only education issue policymakers plan - or need - to address next year.

The number of virtual school programs in Indiana nearly doubled over the past four years.

Past school safety reports focused on cyberbullying and opioid crisis, but this year's report is about gun violence.

One part of the proposal focuses on authorizing powers, and suggests allowing only one entity in the state to authorize virtual charter schools.

The state department of education's ESSA change would get rid of the federal A through F accountability grades, replacing them with four classification groups.

Gov. Eric Holcomb drew criticism last week after saying the teacher pay increase may need to wait until 2021.