The Indianapolis Public Schools board unanimously approved a plan to overhaul the district by closing six school buildings, changing grade configurations and establishing eight middle schools. The plan will also provide, for the first time, all students in middle school with algebra and arts courses.

Purdue Polytechnic asked the Indianapolis Charter School Board to approve an application to replicate its high school model in Pike Township.

The vote on the dramatic plan by the Indianapolis Public Schools Board is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17.

Mitch Daniels speaks about his time leading Purdue University – and what comes next.

WFYI’s Elizabeth Gabriel interviewed Daria Parham, the Principal of Paul I. Miller School 114, about her experience and her plans to support students at Frederick Douglass SUPER School 19 if the buildings merge under the district’s Rebuilding Stronger plan.

Democratic newcomers spurred to run by this year’s controversial curriculum legislation largely trailed behind Republican incumbents in elections to the Indiana Statehouse.

The program to erase student loan debts for millions of borrowers hit a brick wall Thursday when it was blocked by a U.S. District Court judge. The administration quickly appealed the decision.

The Indianapolis Public Schools district's "Rebuilding Stronger” plan would involve closing or merging six schools and opening two new middle schools.

Four Indiana school districts won voter support for property-tax levies to provide operational funds to boost teacher pay, retain staff and maintain academic programs.

Hope Hampton won with nearly 56 percent of the District 3 vote, the sole contested IPS race,