Articles tagged as: education
June 26, 2025
Indiana private school voucher enrollment tops 76,000, costs near $500 million
Indiana’s voucher program grew to 76,00 students and nearly $500 million in spending for 2024-25 and the average participants remain white, affluent families in metro areas.
Read MoreJune 26, 2025
New law-focused charter school to open downtown amid IPS funding concerns
Indianapolis approved a new charter school focused on legal careers, as tensions grow over how IPS must share funding with charters.
Read MoreJune 24, 2025
All 15 Indiana public colleges commit to two-year tuition freeze
All 15 public colleges in Indiana will freeze in-state undergraduate tuition and fees for two years in response to Gov. Mike Braun’s request.
Read MoreJune 24, 2025
Mayor's education alliance to meet Wednesday amid IPS parent concerns over busing, closures
Parents raised concerns about busing, school closures and transparency at community meetings held ahead of the first public session of the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance.
Read MoreJune 6, 2025
Purdue student newspaper faces abrupt suspension of distribution help from university
The notice comes as the spring semester ended and the paper operates on a summer crew.
Read MoreJune 5, 2025
Indiana proposes new A-to-F school grades, but fate of failing schools is undecided
Indiana unveiled a draft plan to reintroduce A-to-F school grades by 2026 using broader measures of student success, while leaving the fate of failing schools still in development.
Read MoreJune 5, 2025
Former Indiana virtual charter school official to plead guilty in $44M fraud case
Percy Clark, a former administrator of two shuttered Indiana virtual schools, has agreed to plead guilty in a $44 million enrollment fraud case and faces probation and restitution.
Read MoreJune 4, 2025
This Indianapolis tutoring program helps struggling readers. It's in jeopardy as funding runs out
Circle City Readers' literacy program is helping young readers in Marion County, but its future is at risk as pandemic-era funding runs out.
Read MoreMay 30, 2025
Purdue closes DEI office, further limits cultural centers, minority programs
Purdue University Provost Patrick Wolfe said the move is directly related to policy shifts and new rules at both the state and federal level.
Read MoreMay 29, 2025
Who are the top-paid school district and charter leaders in Indiana? Search our database
Explore the compensation of nearly 1,300 public school employees in WFYI's database.
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