The COVID-19 pandemic closed Indiana school buildings -- and students will finish the school year at home, including 17-year-old Sarah Naidu. WFYI's Jill Ditmire spoke with Naidu to learn how she's seeing the effects of public health crisis -- through summer, next year and college.

Two Butler University faculty received a grant to fund a 10-year study about mothers of high schoolers involved in extracurriculars.

Experts say tackling mental health concerns early is key in preventing issues in college or adulthood, but families face shortages of mental health resources.

According to a study, more than 70 percent of adolescents were working jobs in the 1970s. That dropped to around 55 percent in 2014.

Schools across the state plan to say goodbye to valedictorians, in favor of new models.