One Indiana college student started a petition to fight back against anti-DEI legislation that’s making its way through the statehouse.

Indiana University Indianapolis announced this week it will bring the Groups Scholars Program to its campus next year. The program provides academic, financial and social support to first-generation and underrepresented college students to help them obtain a bachelor’s degree.

The program has expanded to 36 colleges, and it found a new home in Eskenazi Health. Employers including Eli Lilly, the Indiana Pacers and the Indianapolis Children’s Museum have taken on interns.

Two studies released by the Learning Policy Institute show schools around the country struggle to provide resources for students experiencing homelessness. In Indiana, that means a lack of funding leaves many schools without the means to help some of their most vulnerable students.

Students in Indiana are secluded and restrained thousands of times each year, according to data provided by the Indiana Department of Education. But a lack of transparency — in both general education and special education environments — means parents aren’t aware of the extent to which these interventions are used in schools.

Indiana lawmakers approved legislation a decade ago that was intended to regulate and curb the use of restraint and seclusion in schools. But a lack of oversight from the Indiana Department of Education means it’s unclear whether the law has had its intended effect.

The new State Earn and Learn partnership between Indianapolis Public Schools, Pepper Construction and the Indiana Kentucky Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters will allow an Arsenal Technical High schooler an opportunity to earn an entry-level carpentry certification.

The Indiana Department of Education is offering money to schools, nonprofits and employers to help shepherd students into high-wage careers. The state is calling it the Explore, Engage, and Experience grant.

Indianapolis Public Schools has too few students for the number of buildings in the district. A dozen of those facilities in use are in poor or worse condition and it could take nearly $500 million to fix them.

Hoosier high schoolers will have the option to finish dual credit credentials for free this summer, through a pandemic-relief funded program being offered for the second year.