Caroline Beck
Government ReporterCaroline Beck is a government reporter for WFYI. She previously worked as an education reporter at IndyStar, with a focus on Marion County schools. Before that she covered the statehouse for Alabama Daily News in Montgomery, Alabama.
Caroline was born and raised in Indianapolis, and graduated from Hanover College in southern Indiana.
Contact Caroline at cbeck@wfyi.org and follow her on X at @CarolineB_Indy
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Indiana approved 3,240 new childcare vouchers under a $200 million emergency fund, but enrollment remains thousands short of the state's goal as nearly 30,000 children remain on a waitlist. -
Julious Johnican, a first-year teacher, was filmed encouraging a student to keep beating a sobbing second-grader with disabilities at School 87 in 2023. -
Indiana's ILEARN results, usually released in July, are delayed a month this year while the state board approves new cut scores tied to the redesigned exam. -
The city's annual homelessness count remained steady. It highlights gains in reducing street homelessness but continued shortages in long-term housing. -
A new Indiana law that lets school board candidates run under a political party is now threatening to knock the only two candidates for an Indianapolis Public Schools board seat off the November ballot. -
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education unanimously approved a simplified outcomes-based funding formula that ties college funding to degree completion taking effect for the 2027-2028 fiscal year. -
Karega Rausch, a longtime national charter school advocate, was unanimously chosen to lead Indianapolis's new agency overseeing both IPS and charter schools. -
The Marion County Election Board will decide July 27 whether IPS District 4 candidate Lindsey Cornett stays on the ballot after an eligibility challenge. -
A year into Indianapolis' homelessness initiative, more than 200 people have been housed, with 95% remaining in stable housing. -
Indiana's strong fiscal year leaves the state with a $1.86 billion surplus and new debate over funding roads, schools and taxpayer relief.
