A neighborhood-led effort to remake a failing Eastside school was approved by Indianapolis Public Schools Board Thursday making it the first of its kind in the district.

Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis Ferebee was awarded a $26,999 bonus Thursday.

Efforts to reform Indianapolis Public Schools will likely remain on track after two incumbents and a first-time candidate who supports the ongoing changes, beat out challengers in the district’s Board of Commissioners.

A day before voters head to the polls Indianapolis Public School Commissioner LaNier Echols announced she has resigned. Echols is in the middle of a four-year term was not due to expire until 2018.

Just hours before Election Day candidates for the Indianapolis Public Schools Board and their supporters are putting in final ditch attempts to sway voters to pull the lever in their favor.

How much money is Stand For Children spending on the Indianapolis Public Schools Board election? A review of federal tax returns shows at least $1 million flowed to Indianapolis in four of the past five years.

Here is a guide to help voters compare where IPS Board candidates stand on some of the important issues in the November Election.

Incumbent candidates in the school board election for Indianapolis Public Schools have far outraised their challengers in campaign cash and other support for the Nov. 8 election, according to finance reports filed with the county election board.

A Wednesday candidate forum hosted by the Central Library and presented in partnership with Chalkbeat Indiana, WFYI Public Media and the Indianapolis Recorder, was the first — and possibly only — time that all ten candidates for Indianapolis School Board have come together to discuss issues facing the district.