The Indianapolis Public Schools took another step Thursday in its dramatic shift away from the traditional school district model to more collaboration with charter schools. Riverside School 44 will become Global Prep Academy, a Spanish and English immersion program. School 69 will become Kindezi Academy -- a program using online learning and classroom instruction created by the founders of Enlace Academy.

For the second year in a row, Indianapolis Public Schools expects to pay next year's bills by dipping into savings.

Four winners will be selected for the math and science achievement, which comes with a $1,000 college scholarship.

Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis Ferebee says employees face possible discipline for waiting six days to report allegations a counselor was having sex with a student. However Ferebee himself learned of the allegations on Feb. 17, but also did not report them to the Indiana Department of Child Services.

An Indianapolis Public Schools guidance counselor faces child seduction charges for allegedly engaging in sexual conduct with two teenage students.

It's been one year since legislators created a new school funding formula. The new formula gives equal funding to all schools, but critics say that's unfair, because schools with a lot of low incomes kids or students learning English need more money. In Goshen, Indiana one district is scrambling to save its English Learning program in light of the funding cuts.

Indianapolis Public Schools is struggling to compete with charter, private and township schools in the battle to attract students. For the third year in a row, the city's largest district is bracing for yet another decline in enrollment.

The Indianapolis Public Schools Board had a big night Thursday.
Higher pay and longer contract was approved for Superintendent Lewis Ferebee. The three-year school leader gets a 6 percent raise and performance-based bonus that could ultimately bump his pay to $287,000 annually.

More kids in Indiana are enrolling in preschool programs and more are attending a program accredited through the state's Paths To Quality ranking system. The annual Kids Count report from the Indiana Youth Institute released these figures Monday.

Young students celebrating the 100th day of school at George Washington Carver, IPS School 87, had the pleasure of getting to know a 100-year-old World War II veteran.