Mackenzi Klemann

KEY POINTS Indiana K-12 schools must meet new standards before seeking approval to implement a four-day school week.

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Hoosiers suffering mental health crises are visiting public libraries for help — transforming the role of librarians who act simultaneously as researchers, archivists and quasi-social workers.

Districts will have to meet new academic, teacher pay and student support standards before shortening the school week.

Sabanna Yenna situates herself in a seat in the crowded Hinkle Fieldhouse, surrounded by 900 of her virtual classmates gathered in anticipation of Indiana Digital Learning School’s inaugural in-person commencement

Indiana will discontinue aspects of a diversity program it used for decades to recruit minority and female contractors after the state attorney general determined the program's race and gender preferences were unconstitutional.

Federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid could affect an unexpected population — students receiving free meals through school.

Federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid could affect an unexpected population — students receiving free meals through school.

Common Cause Indiana rallied mid-cycle redistricting opponents for a game of putt-putt at the Indiana Statehouse Friday, as the group begins