Earlier this year, the Indiana Department of Education announced the recipients of the Expanding What Works grant, which helped build a network of Learning Lab sites across the state.

The Indiana Department of Education is working on a proposal to create graduation seals for students who want to enroll in college, start working or enlist in the military after high school. The seals won’t replace high school diplomas but can be added to them.

Cut federal funding for schools “pushing critical race theory, radical gender ideology, and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content on our children.” That’s among the top 20 promises in the Republican Party’s 2024 platform, alongside pledges to seal the border, conduct the largest deportation operation in American history, make college campuses “patriotic and safe again,” and “keep men out of women’s sports.”

This year nearly seven out of 10 students are not considered proficient in both the math and English language arts state standards.

Pat Mapes is making his plan for Hamilton Southeastern Schools clear. The district’s new superintendent said those who aren’t on board to “serve students” can leave his district.

Thousands of Indiana school children and teachers spent this last school year in a pilot program for artificial intelligence.

Enrollment in Indiana’s private-school voucher program surged to 70,095 students in 2023-24. That’s a 31 percent increase compared to the previous year — the largest ever jump in a single year.

Indiana superintendents say schools face an uphill battle to pass referendums. Two superintendents of schools that had referendums this year said its difficult to educate voters about how referendums will affect their property taxes.

Former state superintendent Jennifer McCormick, who was endorsed by the political action committee of the state’s largest teachers union last month, switched from the Republican party to the Democratic party following her term in 2021.

The next Indiana governor will appoint a secretary of education who operates the Department of Education and sits on the policy-making State Board of Education.