The program has behavior specialists assigned to each classroom, as well as two social workers and a psychiatrist to provide oversight for students with medication.
Pressured by a new law and a statewide requirement to adopt science-backed literacy curriculum, schools focused an infusion of funding on second- and third-grade literacy in the years following COVID.
The Legal Prep Charter Academy will serve students in sixth through 12th grades and will incorporate civic education and legal skill-building into its curriculum.
Dozens of students, staff, and parents gathered outside Irvington Preparatory Academy on Tuesday to demand a different CEO. Former CEO Häns Lassiter resigned in February with no public explanation.
State education officials say early intervention—along with a statewide shift to instruction backed by the science of reading—has played a critical role in improving proficiency.
Brightlane Learning provides academic support to unhoused students, as well as guidance for their families and caregivers at more than 30 Indianapolis-area schools and shelters.
A new state-mandated group, the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance, is tasked with addressing an unequal environment in which IPS offers transportation, but not all charter schools can afford to.
With more from Congress, the group hopes it could close the gap left by slashed funding for state programming.
The figures reflect concerns expressed by state leaders about Indiana’s declining college-going culture, especially as the state shifts focus toward career credentials and work-based learning.
The percentage of Black and Hispanic students in IPS-run schools reaching proficiency in both math and English increased from last year, but have not yet reached pre-pandemic levels.
More than 81,000 Indiana high school students took the test in 2024-25.
A state senator is among those seeking to clarify the state’s new school attendance law amid online confusion.
The first students in the Career Apprenticeship Pathway, or INCAP, will start in fall 2026 and split time between school and the workplace.
Students currently enrolled in any of the eliminated or suspended programs will be allowed to finish their degrees through a teach-out process, officials said.
IBJ checked in with four summer camp programs, at three locations, that are giving students real-world work experiences.
The school’s primary classroom and education facility is being moved from its longtime home on the Indianapolis campus to be closer to the new IU Health teaching hospital, set to open in 2027.
A credit card assigned to the former charter school official accrued tens of thousands of dollars in travel, high-end dining and alcohol purchases.
The measure builds on recent education efforts to “reinvent high school,” meaning a curricular change to create additional high school credit pathways in addition to college prep.
Martin Pollio, who will succeed Sue Ellspermann at Ivy Tech, has led Kentucky’s largest school district as superintendent since 2017.
The former CEO of Edison School of the Arts, who sued the school over defamation after his termination in 2023, has reached a deal with the school to receive a judgment of about $269,000 in his favor.
