Articles tagged as: education
June 4, 2025
This Indianapolis tutoring program helps struggling readers. It's in jeopardy as funding runs out
Circle City Readers' literacy program is helping young readers in Marion County, but its future is at risk as pandemic-era funding runs out.
Read MoreMay 30, 2025
Purdue closes DEI office, further limits cultural centers, minority programs
Purdue University Provost Patrick Wolfe said the move is directly related to policy shifts and new rules at both the state and federal level.
Read MoreMay 29, 2025
Who are the top-paid school district and charter leaders in Indiana? Search our database
Explore the compensation of nearly 1,300 public school employees in WFYI's database.
Read MoreMay 23, 2025
Meet the new board tasked with shaping IPS and charter school policy
Nine civic and education leaders have been appointed to the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance, a new board that will plan how IPS and charter schools share facilities, transportation, and resources.
Read MoreMay 23, 2025
Indiana's new rules around sex ed go into effect this summer. Here's what's changing
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.
Read MoreMay 16, 2025
IPS wins right to sell one school building, must offer another to charters for $1
An Indiana court ruled that IPS can sell one closed school to a nonprofit but must offer another to charter schools for $1 under a revised state law.
Read MoreMay 16, 2025
Summer food aid cut. That’s a 'problem' for Indiana kids, advocates say
Indiana will not offer SUN Bucks food benefits this summer, a move advocates say will hurt working families and increase child hunger.
Read MoreMay 16, 2025
Indiana schools have new requirements when older students are truant
A new state law expands school absence rules to students in grades seven through 12.
Read MoreMay 8, 2025
Union Schools sues Gov. Mike Braun over law forcing district closure
Union Schools is suing the state to block a new law it says is unconstitutional and would force the district to shut down by 2027.
Read MoreMay 7, 2025
Want to help shape how IPS and charter schools work together? Parents can apply now
The IPS superintendent is appointing two parents to the board: one whose child attends a traditional IPS school, and one whose child attends a charter school that partners with the district.
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