Rachel Fradette
Rachel Fradette was a Statehouse education reporter at WFYI. She joined the station after two years at the Indianapolis Star, where she covered suburban education and general assignment stories. Before joining the Star Rachel spent nearly three years covering schools for the Naples Daily News in Southwest Florida.
Rachel's investigative project with a colleague on how a Florida school district missed signs that a teacher sexually abused more than 20 children was a finalist for a Green Eyeshade Award in 2023.
A native of metro Detroit, Rachel enjoys walking her brindle dog Winnie and spending time on Michigan's Great Lakes. She's a graduate of Michigan State University and a proud alumna of The State News, MSU's college newspaper.
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Shelters provide critical resources for people in need — but each one operates differently. Here's a guide on emergency options in Marion County. -
A judge ruled that Union School Corporation can operate normally until 2027, despite a new state law ordering its closure and restricting new contracts. -
Indiana’s latest ILEARN results show stagnant English scores and modest math gains, with middle schoolers and English learners facing the steepest challenges. -
Roughly $107 million in funding for Indiana is on hold. That money would normally go to a wide range of school programs, such as migrant education, resources for English language learners and before- and after-school learning. -
Indiana’s voucher program grew to 76,00 students and nearly $500 million in spending for 2024-25 and the average participants remain white, affluent families in metro areas. -
Indiana unveiled a draft plan to reintroduce A-to-F school grades by 2026 using broader measures of student success, while leaving the fate of failing schools still in development. -
Circle City Readers' literacy program is helping young readers in Marion County, but its future is at risk as pandemic-era funding runs out. -
Purdue University Provost Patrick Wolfe said the move is directly related to policy shifts and new rules at both the state and federal level. -
Indiana’s new sex education law requires schools to teach about sexual consent, share detailed curriculum with parents, and show fetal development videos if pregnancy instruction is included. -
Indiana will not offer SUN Bucks food benefits this summer, a move advocates say will hurt working families and increase child hunger.
