The average salary for a full-time Indiana teacher was $60,557 in 2023-24, up from $58,531 in the previous academic year.

Brian Metcalf, who led the charter network from July 2019 through December 2022, pleaded guilty to two of the nine counts of wire fraud.

Operators said the popularity and heavy use of the Indiana Learns program led to its early end. They hope it will return next year.

Indiana schools, colleges and universities are being told to consult with their lawyers and end race-based programs or risk losing federal funding.

The Indiana University Board of Trustees unexpectedly renewed President Pamela Whitten’s contract through 2031 and increased her base salary from $702,000 to $900,000.

The Senate narrowly approved a bill this week that will force school board races to become partisan.

Nearly 18,700 children and youth experiencing homelessness were enrolled in Indiana schools in the 2022-23 academic year.

Senate Bill 518 would gradually redirect millions of dollars each year from traditional public schools to charter schools.

A measure advanced by House lawmakers this week would change Indiana’s Teacher Appreciation Grant program and increase those stipends. But some lawmakers said the bill will restrict the number of teachers who can receive them.

Two families are suing Perry Township Schools for unspecified damages over the alleged bullying of two students with disabilities that left them with traumatic head injuries, arguing in court filings that the district has shown continued apathy toward habitual violence in school.