"On My Way Pre-K" is the moniker state officials chose for Indiana's first state-funded pre-kindergarten program.

About 250 pre-school-aged children and their teachers gathered at the Indianapolis Children's Museum Thursday morning to help set the Guinness Book World Record for largest vocabulary lesson.

How long can you sit still in a desk? How about your 7-year-old? Maybe you could both use a break. A study shows that kids who get to run around and play after school are better at paying attention.

In July, the state chose Allen, Jackson, Lake, Marion and Vanderburgh counties to implement a state-funded pre-k pilot.

Beech Grove's Applied Life Sciences Academy is introducing the world of science through agriculture to a new crop of kids.

Pike High School on Indianapolis' north side was once marred by fights and discipline issues. Now, it's one of the most heralded schools in the country. The school's evolution started with demanding that students act better, and that has led to them demanding more from themselves.

Many children learn better by taking part in an activity or going on a fieldtrip. Elementary students at Paramount School of Excellence, a charter school near Rural and Riverside Parkway, don't have to leave the school grounds for science lessons about space and distant galaxies.

From helping students be on their best behavior to taking history lessons to the Twitterverse, teachers are using a range of apps - many of them free - to harness mobile technology in the classroom.

Flanner House Elementary - the Indianapolis charter school at the center of a cheating scandal -closes its doors for good Thursday. Mayor Greg Ballard's office says all of its students have found new schools.

Flanner House Elementary School is closing amid allegations of cheating. Large increases in ISTEP scores triggered an investigation.