State Board adopts final rule; questions loom over AG problem After two delays, the Indiana State Board of Education provided final approval to the new A-F school accountability framework March 4, with a few changes to address the final [...]
State social media restrictions move forward as lawsuits expected Editor's note: This story was originally published in the February 27, 2026 issue of Indiana Education Insight. The Governor has since signed HEA 1408 into law. Motivated by tragedies linked [...]
SBOE delays vote again; AG feedback alleges constitutional issues Now well behind its initial statutory deadline of December 31, 2025, the Indiana State Board of Education on Wednesday again delayed voting on the proposed school A-F accountability framework . [...]
Goode bill would tweak $1 law; plus, IPS exemption on the table As charter schools in Indiana will soon bring in local property tax dollars for the first time, there are rumblings of conversations beginning regarding the future of [...]
Most measures see success in final special election referenda cycle Indiana voters delivered sweeping support for most school funding referenda in the November 4 special election, approving operating levy renewals in five districts and rejecting one new request. This [...]
Lowery reflects on tenure as state higher education commissioner As Chris Lowery steps down today after more than three years as Indiana’s commissioner for higher education, he leaves behind a system he believes is better positioned to address the [...]
Pollio settles in at Ivy Tech, wants school to be state workforce engine Ivy Tech Community College President Marty Pollio envisions the state’s largest postsecondary system to become the centerpiece of workforce development in Indiana . . . and [...]
INDLS adds Beech Grove ahead of Union Schools shutdown The Indiana Digital Learning School – long the sole virtual school arm for the Union School Corporation – expands its reach ahead of Union’s impending state-mandated closure, adding Beech Grove [...]
Record jump in IREAD scores for 2025; retention law still looms State education officials celebrate as Indiana’s third grade literacy rates reach a new high, with results from the 2024-2025 IREAD-3 assessment showing a nearly five percentage point increase [...]
Universities deal with state funding cuts amid tuition freeze calls Facing deep state and federal funding cuts and political pressure (with a little shaming) to keep college affordable, Indiana’s public universities are getting squeezed and forced to rethink their [...]