Indiana's Attorney General dealt a major blow to a proposal by state Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz that would spare schools from being penalized for low scores on this year's ISTEP exams.
The total includes 3,500 Indiana residents, or more than half of the incoming class. The Indiana total is up by more than 200 from last year.
The state’s charter school leaders say they are unfairly bearing the weight of Indiana’s $3 million reduction in federal Title I funding.
Dawn Wooten is the first Republican to announce candidacy for Indiana superintendent of public instruction.
The director of Butler’s journalism school will fill the role instead. Butler had named Marc Allan, the university’s associate director for public relations, to advise the paper, raising conflict-of-interest questions.
Indiana University will play Ball State University in football in four of the next five seasons, including a 2019 game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IU athletic director Fred Glass announced Thursday.
High school teacher Don Wettrick is honored in part for a class that lets students pursue projects in collaboration with professionals.
University officials hope the "Grand Challenges" research program will provide solutions for problems such as global water supplies, energy availability and infectious diseases.
Loni McKown, adviser for the Butler Collegian, was removed from the role Sept. 4. Spokesman Marc Allan will replace her and continue his job in the university’s public relations department.
The hiring of Texas arts administrator Ty Sutton is part of a strategy to streamline ticketing and booking at campus venues and enhance Butler’s presence as an arts destination.
Ivy Tech Community College President Tom Snyder plans to retire in 2016 after nearly 10 years as leader of the nation’s largest singly accredited statewide community college system, school officials said Wednesday.
The pro-voucher Institute for Quality Education reported last week that 32,955 students applied to use vouchers this year, which would be a gain of more than 3,800, or about 13 percent.
Indiana's much-maligned standardized student test will likely be hours shorter in length when more than 400,000 students take it next year.
Plans call for the construction of a 94,000-square-foot facility on 12 acres, with completion expected in late 2016.
The board of trustees approved the new name of Purdue Polytechnic Institute in May to reflect a changing mission of serving the 21st century workforce.
IU associate professors of informatics and computing Shaowen Bardzell and Jeffrey Bardzell say these "makers" aren't just dabbling in a hobby, but are part of a big and growing business sector.
Education reform groups are struggling to raise money locally, even as Indiana is recognized as one of the friendliest in the nation for school reform ideas.
USA Funds’ business is dying. But the Fishers-based not-for-profit with nearly $600 million in annual revenue is determined to find new life helping students pay for college degrees.
Indiana State University was among the first universities in the country to offer a minor in unmanned systems, and even launched a drone research center. Now, as federal regulators loosen drone restrictions, the school is adding an unmanned-systems major.
Ritz said Thursday she and Dr. Maryann Santos de Barona, dean of Purdue University's College of Education, will co-chair the 49-member commission that includes educators and lawmakers.
