Small and rural school officials — longtime critics of the chamber’s lobby for more school consolidation — are pushing back against the new study and the potential for Indiana policies that would require small schools to increase their student population.... Read More
Junior Achievement serving Greater Lafayette will make improvements to its learning center after a $40,000 grant from North Central Health Services in West Lafayette. The money will go toward buying 14 touchscreen TVs, which will be installed in...... Read More
After nearly 14 years inside the Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center in Evansville, New Tech Institute High School started the new year and a new semester in a different building. The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. moved New Tech from its...... Read More
Grace College is expanding an online teacher licensure program geared toward nontraditional candidates with bachelor’s degrees in other fields who are interested in joining the profession. The Grace College School of Education launched its...... Read More
Amy Fry will serve as the next dean of the College of Nursing at Purdue University Northwest, the university announced this month. She has served as the interim dean since July 2023 and was selected as the permanent choice after a national search. ... Read More
Edtech startups can bank $100,000 and participate in an accelerator program through a new partnership between Butler University, global venture firm gener8tor and TechPoint. ... Read More
A bill to require earlier interventions for students struggling with literacy is top-of-list for Indiana Senate Republicans, who unveiled the 2024 agenda Thursday morning.... Read More
New York-based Liberation Labs is partnering with Ivy Tech Community College in Richmond to train future employees at the company's $115 million biomanufacturing facility currently under construction. The biomanufacturing workforce training program will equip...... Read More
The new measure, House Bill 1001, authored by Rep. Chuck Goodrich, R-Noblesville, primarily seeks to allow money from the 21st Century Scholars program and Frank O’Bannon grants to be used by high school graduates for training by an approved intermediary, employer or labor organization — rather than for education costs at a college or university.... Read More
Sen. Dan Dernulc, R-Highland, filed Senate Bill 101, which would spare the school district from the state law if it decides to sell the building of which the school closed in 2021.... Read More
A judge Monday dismissed a University of Notre Dame professor's defamation lawsuit against a student-run publication over news coverage of her abortion-rights advocacy.... Read More
With the new clinic, the university said more senior psychology faculty will be added and the number of clinical psychology graduate students will triple. ... Read More
As debate heats up among Indiana policymakers over how to address Indiana’s literacy “crisis,” a new statewide dashboard gives a more detailed look at where additional reading supports are needed most. State education officials said the new tool will help...... Read More
White is DePauw's 21st president as well as the first woman and person of color to hold the position. She joined the university as president in 2020.... Read More
Enrollment at Indianapolis Public Schools has remained fairly stable since last year, despite the closure of six buildings that sent over 1,000 students searching for new schools this year.... Read More
New data shows Indiana’s teacher pay is ticking up — but still trails behind averages in neighboring states — as the debate over Hoosier educator salaries continues. The average teacher salary in Indiana is $58,531 — up from about $57,000 the year prior.... Read More
The “Cardinals Vote!” initiative, supported by a Community-Engaged Alliance grant, seeks to expand non-partisan civic engagement across the campus and surrounding community through outreach and various strategies.... Read More
Manchester University is expanding a financial assistance program to high school students from Kosciusko and Whitley counties that in some cases can reimburse up to 100% of their tuition costs. ... Read More
A new Ball State University study indicates that substantial gaps exist in academic performance between students enrolled in the state’s smallest school districts and their peers who attend larger districts. The report also notes less...... Read More
A proposed bill would restrict the power to approve and oversee new charter schools in Indianapolis to two government authorizers: the Indiana Charter School Board and the Indianapolis Charter School Board.... Read More
