The candidates seeking reelection on the Wayne Township school board are uncontested.

As schools across the state settle into the realities of the new academic year, teachers and administrators are figuring out how to balance learning with health and safety.

As schools across Indiana start to reopen, educators are coming to grips with new safety and health requirements that drastically change how they teach.

Indianapolis' Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township has come up with a unique solution to feed children as schools across Indiana close to help combat the spread of the coronavirus.

Earlier this month, Jeff Butts was named the 2019 Indiana Superintendent of the Year. WFYI's Carter Barrett sat down with Butts to discuss challenges facing Indiana schools and his plans for Wayne Township schools.

Wayne Township Schools and the Indiana Department of Education put together a live stream with lessons on the solar eclipse Monday.

State issued teacher bonuses vary between districts, with teachers in more affluent areas getting a larger bonus.

Some of Indiana's wealthiest school districts are being awarded a chunk of a $40 million state fund reserved for teacher bonuses while most urban schools will receive significantly much less.

Pearson Education is running the ISTEP exam that begins in February under a $33 million, two-year contract. A Pearson spokesman said the practice test is designed to stress the system so problems can be corrected.

Rosa Ramos Ochoa, a senior at Ben Davis University High School, was sure she had earned a scholarship under Indiana's 21st Century Scholars program, which can provide students with up to four years of college tuition if they meet certain goals, because she finally had a Social Security number. But it didn't matter, she told U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan during his visit to Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis.