About 3,000 Indiana third graders are repeating the grade this year under a new state law that requires students to pass the IREAD test or qualify for an exemption to advance.

The state’s approval allows 28 independent charter schools and 22 charters affiliated with the Indianapolis Public Schools Innovation Network to test new solutions for facilities and transportation.

Gov. Mike Braun joined other Republican governors who targeted public school teachers over their social media comments about the death of Charlie Kirk.

Megan Johnson was named the 2026 Indiana Teacher of the Year on Wednesday.

Gov. Mike Braun and other state officials warned Indiana teachers they could lose their licenses for social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s assassination, sparking free speech concerns.

Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner, who leads K-12 education, will also oversee the state’s colleges and universities beginning this fall.

The same person overseeing the state’s college and university system along with its K-12 schools is part of a state government streamlining effort by Gov. Mike Braun.

Indiana is asking the public to weigh in on a proposed school accountability system that would assign A-F grades based on test scores and broader measures like work ethic and postsecondary readiness.

Indiana’s latest ILEARN results show stagnant English scores and modest math gains, with middle schoolers and English learners facing the steepest challenges.

The Indiana School for the Deaf received a 5 percent cut in the new state budget and recently laid off more than a dozen staff.