Via WFYI: About 3,000 Indiana third graders are repeating the grade this year under a new state law that requires students to pass the IREAD test or qualify for an exemption to advance.

Via WFYI: Indiana voters approved five of six school tax referendums in Nov. 4 special elections.

The measure was the only thing on the ballot in Allen County on Election Day, and failed with just about 54 percent of district voters opposing the plan.

AEP's grant, along with others, come months after the state cuts eliminated 50-percent of the funding for the free book literacy program.

The Program and Volunteer Manager discusses what she wishes we understood about Down syndrome, the impact of recent federal cuts, and how to be better allies and advocates.

Author Jodie Picoult's book “Between the Lines” was adapted into a musical. After a production by Mississinewa High School students was cancelled by school officials, Picoult is willing to help make sure the show still hits the stage.

A lawyer with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, who's representing the co-editors of the Indiana Daily Student, sent a letter to IU administrators accusing them of violating the students' First Amendment rights.

Via WFYI: Gov. Mike Braun joined other Republican governors who targeted public school teachers over their social media comments about the death of Charlie Kirk.

From WFYI: After IU cut all student newspaper IDS printings, Purdue students made a free press edition and distributed 3000 copies across Indiana University’s Bloomington campus. The headline reads, “We Student Journalists Must Stand Together.”

From WFIU/WTIU: Editors at the Indiana Daily Student said Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush refused to tell students to remove news from an upcoming special print edition.