4+ hour, 13+ min ago   (1086+ words) A bill to shield Hoosier parents from child welfare investigations solely for allowing their children age-appropriate independence cleared the House Judiciary Committee on Monday with bipartisan support. House Bill 1035 advanced to the full House on a 12-1 vote after more than…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (293+ words) The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is cutting voucher reimbursement rates for the Child Care and Development Fund. The agency said the cuts are meant to address a $225 million funding gap. The cuts range from 10 percent to 35 percent depending…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1868+ words) Founded in 2020, Alive Community Outreach continues to expand its flagship enterprise, Peacemaker Academy, a nonviolence leadership development program for Fort Wayne Community Schools' high schools. The intensive program consists of a three-week summer academy, focused on developing leaders who are…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (930+ words) WBOI Morning Edition Host Brianna Datta sat down with those who work in our area schools to talk about the back to school season. Her first conversation was with Mitchell Locke, a systems engineer at East Allen County Schools. Below…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (379+ words) Parents are shopping for school supplies extra early this year to get ahead of President Trump's tariffs. Now, that's according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. For many parents, back-to-school costs are already too high. I spoke with…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (907+ words) Indiana middle school students are stumbling to make progress in reading and writing " a sign that they missed additional literacy support and interventions in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year only about 38% of seventh-grade students passed the state's…...