Project Lead The Way is rolling out a new end of course assessment that judges what students know, and skills they've developed as they've progressed through their courses.

The principal of Roncalli High School apologized Friday for saying a racial slur during an all-school assembly earlier in the day.

After a student and her teacher were shot at Noblesville West Middle School at the end of last school year, the summer was spent on renewed conversations about school safety in Indiana.

Thirteen students were arrested Thursday afternoon following multiple fights at Arsenal Tech High School.

Schools across the state face unique and growing challenges in advising undocumented students. That's partly because many of them are hesitant to tell guidance counselors of their immigration staus.

Indiana provides protections for public employees based on sexual orientation, but Roncalli is exempt from those rules because it is a private school.

Eastern Howard School Corp. Superintendent Keith Richie says the district decided to go ahead with the $3 million project as a hedge against future increases in electricity costs.

This year, all sixth and 12th graders are required to have a hepatitis A vaccination on the books before coming to school. It's a new requirement from the state in response to a multi-state outbreak of the disease.

The programs will be implemented by 24 school corporations, which are expected to reach nearly 45 percent of Marion County students by 2021.

School systems requested the handheld metal detectors after Gov. Eric Holcomb announced the program earlier this month.