Data show that Indiana saw an 81 percent increase in the number of homeless students from 2008 to 2013.

A 50-member commission created by State Superintendent Glenda Ritz met for the first time Friday to begin developing strategies to address Indiana's teacher shortage.

The Indiana Department of Education says eight struggling schools across the state will receive more than $8 million in improvement grants to help turn around student performance.

The Indiana Department of Education issued licenses to about 5,599 teachers in 2009-10, and in '13-14 that number sat closer to 4,500.