Less than a week after introducing the idea, an Indiana senator killed a proposal Tuesday that would have allowed school districts to hire up to 10 percent of their teachers without a traditional state teaching licenses.
Pushing the discussion to next year is likely to frustrate advocates in the business community who believe lawmakers have toiled long enough on the workforce development system, making incremental changes year after year.
Currently four different diplomas are offered. The bill would require the state board of education to create the “Indiana Diploma” as the state’s new baseline.
The former sports doctor whose serial sexual abuse of girls and young women has shaken the gymnastics world was sentenced Monday to a third prison term—this one 40 to 125 years—for molesting athletes at a Michigan gymnastics club.
A former National American University official alleges that the South Dakota-based for-profit college system defrauded the federal government out of millions through student loans, according to a federal lawsuit.
The measure, added during a Senate Education Committee meeting, would ostensibly let public schools be more competitive with charter schools at a time when many districts are having difficulty finding qualified teachers.
The new complex would have living space for 700 students with a mix of single- and multiple-occupancy rooms.
The funds includes $7.6 million to study early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, $5.2 million to fund a clinical and translational sciences institute, and $4.8 million to fund epidemiologic databases to evaluate AIDS care in Africa.
A day after a report suggested the NCAA could have years ago looked into problems at Michigan State, President Mark Emmert said sexual assault allegations against Spartans athletes in 2010 were "widely reported" and already being investigated.
Michigan State University’s athletic director tendered his resignation on Friday, and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said her agency is investigating and will hold MSU accountable for any violations of federal law.
Indianapolis’ largest school district will only make a few changes to the rules that govern how much money schools get next year. But some schools, including those that serve many undocumented students, could get less money.
Deans of public health schools at IU, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and other universities said the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World is too closely tied to an industry that sells deadly products to millions.
Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon submitted her resignation Wednesday amid outcry over school's handling of allegations against Larry Nassar.
The three-year project involves research into and development of materials and structures for reusable hypersonic aircraft, which travel at five times the speed of sound.
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has signed off on Indiana’s federally required education plan, ushering in another era of changes—although not exactly major ones—to the state’s public school system.
Some Indiana school officials say a bill that would create a system to monitor school districts' financial health and punish struggling schools goes too far
An initiative involving Indiana University and the Lilly Endowment is set to provide a $15 million renovation to the historic Madame Walker Theatre Center while ensuring the historic landmark’s viability into the future.
A Senate committee unanimous approved legislation that would require that all school districts in Indiana add computer science to their curriculum.
OneMatch is a web-based application process for IPS and 90 percent of Marion County charter schools.
The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning joins InsideTrack, Roadtrip Nation, College Confidential, DXtera Institute, Education at Work, and Student Connections as affiliate members of Strada Education Network.
