The longtime leader of the popular Edison School of the Arts was fired Tuesday evening following allegations the educator repeated the “n-word” to students of color.

Roughly 200 students, staff and parents filled the cafeteria at Edison School of the Arts Tuesday night to demand the school’s chief executive officer be fired -- and that he provide a public apology -- after allegations that he said the “n-word” to a student of color last week.

Indianapolis Public Schools did not violate a controversial state law that requires school districts to offer unused classroom buildings to charter schools for $1, the state attorney general’s office concluded on Tuesday.

The new funds were to help pay for a sweeping remake of academic and other offerings for elementary and middle school students.

Some of the most prestigious higher institutions in the country are providing dual-credit instruction at no cost to juniors and seniors in the Indianapolis Public Schools district.

The Indianapolis Public Schools board of commissioners delayed its planned Saturday vote on putting a $413.6 million operating property tax referendum on the May primary ballot.

The seven-member IPS board of commissioners is set to vote at a 10 a.m. public meeting Saturday at the Madam Walker Legacy Center on whether to place a $413.6 million operating tax referendum on the May 2 primary ballot. The money goes mostly to boost pay for district teachers.

This year, WFYI reporters tackled tough education stories – from teacher and classroom aide shortages, to major changes coming to the Indianapolis Public Schools district.

No school building switched districts and no commissioners were displaced from their districts as part of changes to the district boundaries of the Indianapolis Public Schools Board.