Hundreds of students walked out of class to speak against ICE last week leaving schools to strike a balance between student expression and student safety. And in at least one case, that meant suspending students who walked out.

Students at urban and suburban Indianapolis high schools walked out of class Monday to protest federal immigration enforcement.

The legislation would transfer tax and operational authority from the IPS board to a mayoral-appointed corporation.

The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance will vote Wednesday on two proposals to restructure school governance, while Mayor Joe Hogsett and Superintendent Aleesia Johnson released a joint platform demanding universal transportation and limits on charter authorization.

Reducing Indianapolis Public Schools to Center Township could mean that surrounding townships annex the parts of IPS that extend into the boundaries of five surrounding townships.

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.

Shenia Suggs will lead the westside school district after outgoing Superintendent Jeff Butts leaves in January.

Enlace Academy is expanding family literacy programs and multilingual support as its English learner population grows, with school leaders crediting parent engagement for major gains in reading scores.

Less than a week before a vote that could determine the fate of a controversial data center campus in southeast Indianapolis, the local school district has come out in support of Google's plan.

Charter schools have grown in student enrollment and political clout since coming to Indiana in 2001. Will recent changes finally push IPS into becoming an all-charter system?