An agricultural-focused charter school is under scrutiny from the Indiana State Board of Education because, according to the board's legal counsel, the school is operating like a virtual charter school.

Three Indianapolis schools under state takeover will be returned to their former home district after the State Board of Education today reversed a decision and denied a private manager's intent to seek charter authorization for the schools.

The State Board of Education ended the takeover of Gary's Theodore Roosevelt College & Career Academy today without much discussion during its regular meeting. The intervention of the school was approved in 2011 due to years of chronic academic failure.

An end to Indiana's experiment in the takeover of failing schools could happen Wednesday -- again. For the second time, the State Board of Education will vote on the future of four schools, one in Gary and three in Indianapolis.

Thomas Carr Howe Community High School will close this summer if state officials approve a proposal from Indianapolis Public Schools to return the Eastside 7-12 grade school to its former district.

The Indiana State Board of Education approved state funding cuts for some family and consumer science (FCS) classes starting next school year during a special meeting Friday.

At Pike High School in Indianapolis, nutrition teacher Kam Bontrager is guiding students through their last lab of the semester. The task for the day? Making smoothies.

A proposal from state workforce agencies would cut funding for classes that teach nutrition, personal finance, and other skills.

The Indiana State Board of Education voted unanimously on Wednesday to postpone a decision about whether to remove state funding for some life skills classes. The courses facing cuts teach adult skills like personal finance, nutrition, and child development.

The Department of Workforce Development is proposing a cut in state funding for several life-skills classes that teach things like basic nutrition and personal finance.