Mock elections, debates, arguments: Here’s how educators are teaching the 2024 presidential election
Across the nation this fall, the pivotal presidential election is a topic of formal instruction as well as casual conversation inside K-12 schools.
Sean Taylor will be the next leader of the northern Marion County district. He starts the role on July 1, 2025.
Graciela Miranda earns teenagers’ trust at Pike High School by drawing on her experience as the daughter of immigrants.
Sean Taylor will be the next leader of the northern Marion County district. He starts the role on July 1, 2025.
Graciela Miranda earns teenagers’ trust at Pike High School by drawing on her experience as the daughter of immigrants.
Mary Easley teaches early childhood education to high schoolers at the same career center where she developed her love of teaching.
Voters in Kokomo, Twin Lakes, and Lake Station will decide if their school districts will get property tax support for things like buses, after-school clubs, and teacher pay.
All 8 candidates for Indianapolis Public Schools Board of School Commissioners attended the forum co-hosted by WFYI and Chalkbeat Indiana.
How Indiana’s candidates for governor would handle the issues facing schools, teachers, and students
There are three candidates in Indiana's election for governor: Mike Braun, Jennifer McCormick, and Donald Rainwater.
Ahead of the voter registration deadline in Indiana, students are helping their peers register to vote. Young students are also registering to participate in the Indiana Kids Election.
Here’s everything you need to know about the school board elections across Indianapolis from the most crowded ballots to the districts where every candidate seeking a seat will win.
There is 1 contested election and 4 candidates vying for 3 seats on the board in this Marion County district.
There are 4 candidates for 3 seats up for election on the board for the district in west Marion County.
Three candidates are facing no competition for seats on the Washington Township school board.
There are 5 candidates for 4 seats up for election on the board for the district in eastern Marion County.
There are 5 candidates for 4 seats up for election on the board for the district in northern Marion County.
There are just 3 candidates for 4 seats up for election on the board for the district in South Marion County.
There are just 2 candidates for 2 seats up for election on the school board in Marion County.
Two current school board members are unopposed for their seats this election.
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There are 5 candidates for 4 seats up for election on the board for the district in Marion County.
Legislators heard how counselors and attendance liaisons can help reduce absences. Earlier this year, Indiana adopted a law focused on improving student attendance.
Eight candidates are vying for 4 seats on the Indianapolis Public Schools board. Learn more about them and their views on the district including its most pressing issue.
Supporters hail the spread of vouchers as moving the state closer to universal school choice. Critics fret about the loss of funding at public schools.
Pleasant Run Elementary in Warren Township has boosted its IREAD results through an all-hands-on-deck approach that involves students and families.
Many of the Indiana districts’ policies say parents could be barred from campus if they record without permission.
Indiana schools must now have cell phone bans. We want to know how that’s impacting you.
Student attendance has improved incrementally since 2022, but Indiana officials hope more data can help schools identify students with attendance issues and intervene sooner.
Terrencio Davis was a candidate for IPS school board’s District 2, but was removed after his candidacy was challenged by a rival candidate.
Enrollment spikes in voucher-like programs for career training, special education under looser rules
Participation in Indiana’s Education Scholarship Accounts and Career Scholarship Accounts has grown dramatically after lawmakers expanded student eligibility and allowed uses for funding.
Edison School of the Arts terminated Nathan Tuttle last year after allegations that he had said a racial slur to a student. He later filed a wrongful termination suit.
The updated application process grew out of a board resolution affirming its desire to collaborate with schools of all kinds, including charters.
The school board voted 7-0 on Thursday to approve the Innovation agreement with Believe Circle City High School.
What questions do you have for the candidates for the Indianapolis Public Schools board? Tell us and attend a forum to hear from the candidates vying for four open seats.
The program serves 85 Indiana counties but only two ZIP codes in Marion County, leaving more than 60,000 kids in the county without access.
The end of pandemic aid this year means the end of district funding for background checks.
Schools always had the option to refer absenteeism cases to the local prosecutor, but they typically preferred other responses. Now a new law requires it in certain cases.
The Paul Laurence Dunbar Library opened to students at The Oaks Academy middle school last week.
Projects can support instruction or address structural challenges to learning, like food insecurity.
The results from third graders remain below pre-pandemic scores.