For 13 years, Purdue University, Indianapolis Public Schools and the Indianapolis business community have provided a pathway for low income and first-generation college-bound students at IPS to graduate and attend Purdue. But the program -- Science Bound -- has remained largely under the radar. Now how a new name and alignment with a future school could change that.

Emma Donnan Elementary School is one of five new schools this year in the Indianapolis Public Schools District as the result of a state law passed last year.

The management of Indianapolis Public Schools athletics could be outsourced under a nearly $300,000, two-year contract to the current executive director of a state commission.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is making a stop at Purdue University in West Lafayette and Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis today as part of the department's sixth annual back-to-school bus tour. WFYI Public Media spoke with Duncan in advance about some local and state issues.

A new effort between Indianapolis Public Schools and education reform group The Mind Trust, would allow existing school leaders at IPS to convert their schools to autonomous schoolhouses, free from district mandates and collective bargaining for teachers.

A combination of factors are contributing to Arlington Community High School's unsettled school atmosphere as students skip class, act out and some are even suspected of stealing a teacher's car. The school administration has asked IPS to provide more than 20 additional staff to help.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will be making stops in Indianapolis and West Lafayette later this month as a part of a seven-state "back to school" bus tour.

Indianapolis Public Schools today unveiled a three-year strategic plan to reshape the school district's management, spending and services with a goal of better academic offerings that are accessible to all students.

Indianapolis Public Schools will soon start negotiations with an upstart Nearwestside charter school offering a dual language curriculum.