A new, national report on state-funded pre-K sends a few mixed messages: Enrollment and funding are up ... but in many places still remarkably low.

Voters in four Indianapolis-area school districts Tuesday will be asked to OK property tax increases to generate new revenue for construction, transportation and general fund projects. Beech Grove, Brownsburg, Perry Township and Wayne Township schools each face different fiscal challenges brought on in part by state's property tax cap and other funding fluxes.

Indianapolis Public School Superintendent Lewis Ferebee is proposing an ambitious plan to provide education and social services from birth to tuition-free college for Far Eastside residents.

After a 17-year career inside schools, Mariama Carson decided she wanted to build her own school from the ground up. Now, Carson is asking Mayor Greg Ballard's charter school office to grant her a charter for Global Prep Academy -- a school that would teacher both English and Spanish to low-income students.

As the number of English language learners in Indianapolis charter schools swells - it could reach a quarter of charter school enrollment by 2020 - some schools are becoming beacons for a fast-growing Latino population.

Indianapolis Public Schools is embarking on an effort to overhaul its services for children who are learning to speak English.

At Nora Elementary School scores plummeted immigration boomed -- an increasingly common occurrence in Indianapolis.

Elly Mawi found support and acceptance in Perry Township that she'd never encountered before.