Kirsten Adair

Students who volunteer, engage with their communities and take courses like constitutional government or civil society may be eligible for a new civics engagement designation on their high school transcripts.

A change to Indiana's law governing the alternate diploma will let more students with disabilities graduate high school. The change will affect school districts throughout the state, but it will have the biggest impact in some of the state's smallest schools.

A change to Indiana’s law governing the alternate diploma will let more students with disabilities graduate high school. The change will affect school districts throughout the state, but it will have the biggest impact in some of the state’s smallest schools.

The Indiana Department of Education wants to better understand the skills and gaps children have by the time they reach kindergarten. The department is expanding existing early learning assessments and creating a new one to help more children achieve kindergarten readiness.

The report measures civic health by analyzing data about voting and voter registration, social and community connectedness, and civic awareness and action.

The step is a largely administrative and helps align new laws to existing Indiana code.

A National Institute for Early Education Research study released this week shows Indiana could do more to increase pre-K access throughout the state.

New state laws require elementary school teachers to earn literacy endorsements over the next few years.

Four Indiana school corporations are gearing up for referendum votes during next week's primary election. Those schools plan to spend most of the money on attracting and retaining teachers and staff — if their referendums are approved by voters.

Indiana SUN Bucks, a new program that provides families with vouchers for food during the summer, aims to reduce food insecurity when kids are out of school during the summer months. Previously, Indiana's Summer Food Service Program relied on school districts, community organizations and local government to distribute food to families – like this event through MSD Wayne Township in 2016.