Participation in Indiana’s Education Scholarship Accounts and Career Scholarship Accounts has grown dramatically after lawmakers expanded student eligibility and allowed uses for funding.
The training center, a 272-room hotel for Republic employees and an 800-space parking garage are part of Republic’s $200 million corporate campus. A 122,000-square-foot headquarters building is under construction and expected to open in January 2026.
Nathan Tuttle, who was previously executive director and CEO at Edison School of the Arts, started as the K-8 principal of Matchbook Learning on June 1.
A law approved earlier this year extended eligibility for ESAs to the siblings of students who have disabilities, even if those siblings do not have disabilities themselves.
The Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation said the grants are part of a $14 million initiative to reverse declining college enrollment.
Believe Circle City is a college and career preparatory school on the north side of Indianapolis that enrolls about 200 students.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer McCormick’s new education plan calls for teachers to be paid at least $60,000 per year—an increase from the current $40,000 minimum.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Indiana University in a challenge to the university’s newly-implemented expressive activity policy.
Cost estimates of the new Saving on a Valuable Education plan vary from $276 billion to $475 billion over 10 years.
Of the nation’s 20 largest school districts, at least seven forbid use of cellphones during the school day or plan to do so, while at least another seven impose significant restrictions.
Employer demand for workers continues to outpace Indiana’s supply of individuals looking for work, said Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute President Stephanie Wells, who authored the policy brief.
Meager population growth would have serious repercussions for the labor force and economy, putting pressure on officials across the state to make Indiana as appealing a place to live as possible.
In 85 counties in Indiana, all children under age 5 can register to read free books delivered to their home through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. That’s 31 more counties than a year ago.
Plans now call for the residence hall to be redeveloped into a 105-room hotel that will operate under Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.’s upscale Curio Collection flag.
On Facebook, parents said the new registration disadvantages families who are from lower income brackets, those who struggle to use technology, and those whose first language isn’t English.
The CSA program offers high school sophomores, juniors and seniors up to $5,000 each year to offset expenses associated with participating in approved internships, apprenticeships, work-based learning and credential programs.
According to a person with knowledge of the situation, members of the team had set up a makeshift, internal sportsbook where athletes could wager on the times posted by themselves or teammates at meets.
Roughly one in four students in the 2022-23 school year remained chronically absent, meaning they missed at least 10% of the school year.
The Indianapolis-based philanthropic foundation said Thursday that more than 80 public, private and charter school districts and networks representing more than 300 schools in Marion County are eligible to apply for grants.
Data from the Indiana Department of Education shows 82.5% out of the roughly 82,000 third graders at public and private schools in Indiana passed the 2024 Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination, also called the IREAD test.
