A Chalkbeat investigation into a middle school charter proposal found lawsuits, financial troubles and questionable academic credentials that escaped notice by city charter officials and The Mind Trust.

Lawmakers created an avenue for charter schools to access referendum funding Monday, with a sudden change to legislation in the Senate.

A state board will decide if three former Indianapolis Public Schools taken over by the state will become charter schools. Taylor Bennett talked with education reporter Eric Weddle about how IPS is trying to stop this from happening -- and the district's own plans for the three schools.

Earlier this year, Indiana education leaders made a plan to transition three schools out of state takeover and into independent charter schools.

Some of the claims made during last week's teacher rally at the Statehouse lacked context of the state's complicated method for distributing money.

An organization for at-risk youth was granted a conditional charter by Ball State University today to open an elementary school next year.

This was the third stop on this year's tour. The department's deputy secretary also visited
the school last year.

An Indiana school district says a law that allows charter schools to buy unused school buildings from districts for $1 is unconstitutional.

The Daleville Community Schools Board unanimously voted to revoke the charters for the Indiana Virtual Schools and Indiana Pathways Virtual Academy.

Teachers at Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy won't be paid for the work they did between July 15 and Aug. 15.