In an IU School of Medicine pathology lab, Shortridge High School student Isaac Carrera Ochoa is at a microscope looking for specific cancer biomarkers to be used in immunotherapy cancer treatment. Ochoa is searching for a biomarker called VISTA. “I have studied 19 cases and only two seemed positive,” Ochoa says. Professor Dr. George Sandusky, […]
The IPS Board voted unanimously Thursday to hire a company to collect on the outstanding bills for textbooks.
The U.S. Department of Education (USED) sent a letter to state superintendent Jennifer McCormick this month outlining problems with the Indiana Department of Education’s security around student data. The state receives grant money from USED for implementing security systems, which opened the state up to an audit. According to the USED letter, the audit’s “objective was to […]
The education advocacy group Early Learning Indiana has awarded $72,500 to programs across the state designed for youngsters. Fourteen different programs were selected for the group’s Family Engagement Prizes. They include grand prize winner Walnut Hill Early Childhood Center in Goshen, which was awarded $25,000. St. Mary’s Child Center MLK in Indianapolis was among eight […]
It’s the next phase of the Indiana’s SkillUp program, which aims to help localize training efforts for the state’s estimated million job openings in the next decade.
The federal government is currently conducting 16 investigations into Indiana colleges and universities for possibly mishandling reports of sexual violence.
How school services would be effected has garnered little attention in the national debate as Republican lawmakers seek to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
The state is looking for a new vendor for the state assessment, now that the legislature replaced ISTEP with a new test called ILEARN.
A new federal education law limits the type of diplomas counted in a school’s graduation rate.
State officials plan to develop new courses of study for special education students on track to receive a certificate instead of a high school diploma.
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