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Federal appeals court upholds ruling giving Indiana transgender students key bathroom access

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that transgender students in Indiana must have access to the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent…

The state board has authority to make the funding rule change under a past executive order issued by the governor during the pandemic.

Indiana Board Of Education Makes Change To Fully Fund Schools Virtual During COVID-19

The Indiana State Board of Education unanimously approved a proposal to maintain full funding levels for schools operating online this fall. School leaders and educators say it offers much-needed stability.

Indiana passed a law in 2017 to make it illegal to provide information about legal abortion services in other states to pregnant minors without parental consent. That law has been blocked ever since.

Indiana asks to allow ban on providing abortion info to pregnant minors without parental consent

Indiana wants to make it illegal for anyone to tell a pregnant minor about legal abortion services in other states without parental consent. And the state asked a federal appeals court to allow it to do that in a hearing Tuesday.

Both the Indiana School for the Deaf and School for the Blind and Visually Impaired had their funding slashed by 5 percent in Indiana's recently passed biennium budget.

Indiana School for the Deaf, School for the Blind and Visually Impaired get 5 percent budget cut

Lawmakers celebrated after they said they protected K-12 education funding above all else as they faced a $2 billion budget shortfall. But the Indiana School for the Deaf saw its funding slashed by 5 percent.

Indiana Chamber President and CEO Kevin Brinegar discusses the annual employer survey with Senior Vice President Tom Schuman and Vice President for Education and Workforce Development Jason Bearce.

Indiana Chamber Finds More Than Half Respondents Left Jobs Vacant In Annual Survey

Indiana Chamber President and CEO Kevin Brinegar says the number of firms that can't fill jobs has been on the rise the past five years.

Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill was considered a rising star in the Republican Party before allegations that he groped four women.

Curtis Hill, who the Indiana Supreme Court said battered four women, runs for governor

Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, whose law license was temporarily suspended while in office when the state Supreme Court ruled he criminally battered four women, is running for governor.

According to data collected for the dashboard so far, roughly 14 percent of COVID-19 cases reported in schools are among students between the ages of 5 to 9 years old.

Indiana's School COVID-19 Data Dashboard Is Public. Here's What You Need To Know

Indiana's largest teachers union says the state's new COVID-19 dashboard for schools a critical step to fight misinformation.

The ITT Technical Institute campus in Canton, Michigan is one of more than 140 locations closing as a result of the for-profit college chain's collapse.

Indiana Republican Legislation Would Restore GI Bill Funds For ITT Tech Student Veterans

Indiana's Republican congressional delegation has filed legislation to help veterans who were students at ITT Technical Institute when the for-profit college suddenly shut down last week.

The special education system can be hard to navigate. Here’s what three Indiana families experienced

The WFYI Education Desk is committed to special education coverage. As part of our reporting, we want to highlight and explain common challenges families face as they navigate the special education system in Indiana. Here's a digital map that follows the often complicated and confusing process that three Indiana families of students with disabilities went through.

Artist Ruth Poor worked with two former inmates at the Indiana Women's Prison to show the arrangement of some cells at the facility.

Indiana Women's Prison Called 'Ticking Time Bomb' As COVID Lockdown Continues

The Indiana Women's Prison has been locked down since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Advocates, inmates and even staff say that conditions are harsh, especially in units known as the cottages.

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