Gov. Eric Holcomb on Thursday announced the statewide expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. The program provides free, age-appropriate books each month to children from birth to age five, regardless of family income.... Read More
The Hoosier STEM Academy — a partnership between Ball State, IUPUI and Purdue — will use its newly awarded STEM Teacher Recruitment Grant to support its fellows and teachers programs, which offers stipends for those looking to become STEM-certified teachers.... Read More
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University-Africa signed a memorandum of understanding to look into potential collaborations in the future.... Read More
The partnership means the institutions will develop a 48-week curriculum of online classes from Purdue's College of Engineering and the Purdue Polytechnic Institute. Students will be able to study areas like artificial intelligence, unmanned and autonomous aerial systems, hypersonics and sustainable energy solutions while completing their USNTPS training. ... Read More
The Indiana Department of Education has named 10 finalists for its annual Teacher of the Year prize. The winning teacher will go on to represent the state at the national level.... Read More
Three school districts have been selected for Regional Opportunity Initiatives' fourth Ready Schools cohort. The program is an initiative to align K-12 curricular and programming offerings to educational and workforce needs in the Indiana Uplands region. ... Read More
IPS says its decision to share revenue from a 2018 ballot measure exempts it from Indiana’s so-called $1 law, but charter school supporters disagree.... Read More
Purdue University's College of Science has a new dean in Lucy Flesch. She succeeds Patrick Wolfe, who was appointed as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity in January. ... Read More
The University of Southern Indiana is rolling out a new method of delivering eats to its campus community. This fall, USI is the latest university to adopt food robots on campus.... Read More
It amounts to a major setback for Indiana, which is losing a top researcher in an exploding field of medicine, developing therapies for chronic wounds and other potentially life-threatening conditions that affect millions of people in the United States.... Read More
Indiana coach Mike Woodson's first two successful seasons made him another $1 million. The school athletic department announced Friday that Woodson has been given a pay raise, giving him the Big Ten's third-highest annual average salary at $4.2 million.... Read More
State audits confirm a WFYI investigation that uncovered some schools do not accurately report how often they forcibly isolate and restrain students.... Read More
Purdue University will host the country’s next — but Indiana’s first — wildlife-focused cooperative research unit, which will tackle the state’s natural resource management needs.... Read More
We’ve heard from many parents who are seeking to nurture the spiritual lives of their children, especially in their daily activities, and looking to churches and other faith-based organizations for support,” said Christopher L. Coble, Lilly Endowment’s vice president for religion. “These thoughtful, creative and collaborative organizations embrace the important role that families have in shaping the religious development of children and are launching programs to assist parents and caregivers with this task.”... Read More
With new funding, Communities in Schools of Indiana will expand its integrated student supports model into seven schools in Indianapolis and two in Lafayette. ... Read More
Forensics and education company CBF Forensics was born in the Purdue Innovates Office of Technology Commercialization and has grown using software and technology to advance the forensics profession. Charles Steele, lecturer of physical science and forensic science coordinator at Purdue Northwest and CBF founder, said in a news release the resources available to him and other students were valuable to his success.... Read More
The Bethany Foundation has awarded a $100,000 planning grant to Hanover College to study how education programs can help improve community health.... Read More
Grace College's Department of Engineering will invest in new digital manufacturing equipment with a recent grant from the Don Wood Foundation.... Read More
An Indianapolis-based foster child support network is growing. Foster Success, which provides financial, educational and social support for young people transitioning out of foster care, said it will extend these services into Arizona, Ohio and Maryland.... Read More
Indiana students’ reading scores have been virtually unchanged for three years, according to new test data, underscoring fears about students’ struggles to recover from the pandemic. More than four out of five third graders passed the IREAD exam in 2023.... Read More
