The Mayor's Office of Education Innovation began investigating the school after it showed "extraordinarily high gains" on ISTEP tests in 2013 and 2014.

The Indiana Department of Education is receiving nearly $475,000 from the federal government to help defray the costs of taking advanced placement tests for low-income students.

After the Northeast School Corporation closed a high school and elementary school in Dugger, community members secured a charter school for their kids. As of Monday night, the charter school now has a home in the district's old school buildings.

Indiana high schools are encouraged to participate in the annual poetry recitation contest sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.

The first day of school marks changes statewide and within the district.

Christy Shepard has been named Teacher of the Year inthe Avon Community School Corporation. The fifth grade high ability teacher at Avon Intermediate School West was recognized in a ceremony held during school district's opening day activities.

Indiana children are making strides in education, according to new data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual KIDS Count report.

This perennial education story has been around for more than half a century.

The State Board of Education is providing resource guides for Indiana's teachers to help them develop curricula around the state's new academic standards, which go into effect this fall.

The student success model is being replicated in other states and will hopefully reach more IPS kids soon.