WFYI's Eric Weddle sat down with former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and asked why he championed the charter school law.

The programs leaders say it focuses on hands-on experience, mentorship and feedback for its students.

The Indianapolis education reform group The Mind Trust last week announced it received $24 million in grant funds from three local groups.

Indianapolis reform group The Mind Trust announced Thursday the next batch of educators for its school design fellowship.

The Mind Trust is supporting the opening of two new Indianapolis charter schools -- Riverside High School, the second campus opened by the leaders of Herron High School, and Purdue Polytechnic High School, the first high school founded by Purdue University.

The Indianapolis Public Schools Board has approved an "innovation and autonomy framework" that will completely reshape the operations of all schools starting next year by decentralizing power. IPS Superintendent Lewis Ferebee has characterized it as "reinventing" the district.

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.

Indianapolis could eventually become the home to four charter schools that bear little resemblance to any school in the city - or, for that matter, across the country.

An Indianapolis Public Schools Board commissioner resigned today in order to start a nonprofit that aims to offer a single school enrollment system for city schools. Caitlin Hannon will lead Enroll Indy -- a website for parents to enroll their children in the city's traditional public, magnet and charter schools with one application.