Starting next year, students will have a new way to qualify for high school graduation. A panel of lawmakers and educators is still trying to figure it out.

A State Board of Education's panel met continues to discuss ways to overhaul graduation requirements to better prepare students for college and career.

Indiana's general diploma will no longer be considered when calculating school and district graduation rates, state officials announced Friday.

According to a new study from the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, black students who have one black teacher in elementary school are less likely to drop out.