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Indiana has new A-F grade system state calls “student-centered”

March 5, 2026 at 12:47 p.m.

Indiana is forging ahead with a new K-12 school accountability model that will give schools letter grades this year for the first time since 2018.

Merrillville teacher suspended for ‘monkeys’ comment to class

March 4, 2026 at 3:19 p.m.

A Merrillville Intermediate School 5th grade teacher was suspended with pay pending an investigation for telling his students “You all are acting like monkeys in a zoo," Superintendent Dexter Suggs...

Ken Iwama, Vice President for Regional Campuses and Online Education (left) helps Chancellor Arrick Jackson (right) unveil the professionally sketched portrait of Jackson. A campus tradition, it commemorates Jackson’s service and marks his place as IU Northwest's ninth chancellor on Monday, March 2, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Against the odds, IUN chancellor shares success story at portrait dedication

March 3, 2026 at 2:12 p.m.

Indiana University Northwest Chancellor Arrick Jackson began his career with a dark sense of urgency.

Student cellphones are collected into a box in a classroom at Disney II Magnet School in Chicago, March 13, 2025. The school implemented a policy last year that gave students the option to place their device in a phone locker or keep their phones in their backpacks. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Lawmakers pass social media bill, cellphone school ban

March 2, 2026 at 11:44 a.m.

The Indiana General Assembly passed several consequential education-related bills in its abbreviated session that ended Feb. 27. Two bills placed restrictions on student social media and cellphone use, and a...

Indiana University Northwest Chancellor Arrick Jackson shakes hands with 21st Century Charter School senior Alexis Atkins. (Carole Carlson/For the Post-Tribune)

Gary’s 21st Century Charter School cements pact with area colleges

March 2, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.

In front of a gym full of 21st Century Charter School students on Friday, leaders from IU Northwest, Purdue Northwest and Ivy Tech signed a memorandum of understanding outlining the...

Students walked out of class Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, after the school board voted for the nonrenewal of West Side Leadership Academy Principal Carl Scott's contract. (Joel Moore/provided)

Students, staff back West Side principal axed by school board

February 25, 2026 at 1:44 p.m.

Gary West Side Leadership Academy's community voiced shock over the school board’s decision not to renew Principal Carl Scott's contract.

An excavator tears down a wall in an abandoned house at the corner of W. 7th and Harrison Street in Gary to kick off continued demolitions of blighted structures in the city on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Demolition season opens in Gary with 60 houses coming down

February 24, 2026 at 10:35 a.m.

Within the next two weeks, a platoon of contractors will knock down 60 homes across Gary in its third demolition blitz.

New report highlights state education policies

February 23, 2026 at 4:41 p.m.

A new nationwide study gives high marks to Indiana for preparing students for life after high school.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, addresses the audience as he held his Community Conversations in Indiana’s First Congressional District at Calumet College in Whiting on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Travel delays could shrink State of Union audience from northwest Indiana

February 23, 2026 at 4:02 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan hopes to be in his seat Tuesday night as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a partially filled House chamber. First,...

Hobart woman killed in wrong-way crash on I-65

February 22, 2026 at 1:15 p.m.

A Saturday crash involving a wrong-way driver on Interstate 65 near Hobart killed a 20-year-old Hobart woman, according to police.

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