Emma Donnan Elementary School is one of five new schools this year in the Indianapolis Public Schools District as the result of a state law passed last year.

The management of Indianapolis Public Schools athletics could be outsourced under a nearly $300,000, two-year contract to the current executive director of a state commission.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is making a stop at Purdue University in West Lafayette and Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis today as part of the department's sixth annual back-to-school bus tour. WFYI Public Media spoke with Duncan in advance about some local and state issues.

A new effort between Indianapolis Public Schools and education reform group The Mind Trust, would allow existing school leaders at IPS to convert their schools to autonomous schoolhouses, free from district mandates and collective bargaining for teachers.

A combination of factors are contributing to Arlington Community High School's unsettled school atmosphere as students skip class, act out and some are even suspected of stealing a teacher's car. The school administration has asked IPS to provide more than 20 additional staff to help.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will be making stops in Indianapolis and West Lafayette later this month as a part of a seven-state "back to school" bus tour.

Indianapolis Public Schools today unveiled a three-year strategic plan to reshape the school district's management, spending and services with a goal of better academic offerings that are accessible to all students.

Indianapolis Public Schools will soon start negotiations with an upstart Nearwestside charter school offering a dual language curriculum.

After three years under management of a private company, Arlington Community High School has returned to Indianapolis Public Schools. It's the first school under state intervention to transition back to its home district and school leaders are under pressure from the community and state to make it work. WFYI education reporter Eric Weddle will spend a year reporting from inside the school on it successes and challenges. In this first part of the series, A New Day, he looks at just how difficult it can be to start over at a school.