An Indianapolis school reform group has sent a letter to Vice President-Elect Mike Pence asking him to condemn racial bullying and other "horrifying acts" happening in schools related to the presidential election.

Indianapolis Public Schools saw drops in ISTEP scores at the vast majority of schools. Scores fell across the state, but the situation was worse in IPS, where the passing rate went down by 4 percentage points to 25.3 percent in 2016.

Indianapolis Public Schools board members are set to vote Thursday on a proposal to join a common enrollment system that would allow families to use a single process to apply simultaneously to traditional public schools and potentially dozens of local charter schools.

A day before voters head to the polls Indianapolis Public School Commissioner LaNier Echols announced she has resigned. Echols is in the middle of a four-year term was not due to expire until 2018.

A new initiative plans to enroll 500 new high school students in a state-sponsored college scholarship program for low-income students.

Children of migrant workers can face interrupted schooling, cultural and language barriers, and social isolation - factors that inhibit a child's ability to do well in school.

The Indianapolis-based foundation says its Comprehensive Counseling Initiative for Indiana K-12 Students may allocate up to $30 million.

Purdue University is launching a STEM-focused charter high school in Indianapolis with the goal of getting more inner-city graduates ready for college or head directly into a career, said President Mitch Daniels.

Beginning next year, low-income students and children of color will have a better chance of admission to the most sought-after magnet programs in Indianapolis Public Schools.

The boundary zones for some of Indianapolis' most popular and high performing magnet schools could be narrowed next year in an attempt by district leaders to offer poor and minority students a better chance to be picked in an enrollment lottery.