WARSAW — An education-related initiative designed to give students from lower or middle-class households a larger choice of where to learn has several local public school systems feeling a backlash. Indiana’s Choice Scholarships Program, more commonly referred to as the voucher program, provides money from the state’s education funds to go to private schools in …read more.

By KERRY STEINER Executive Director, Indiana Native American Indian Affairs Commission The Indiana Native American Indian Affairs Commission announced the passing of a new scholarship program for Indiana’s Native American students attending Indiana colleges and universities. The program will offer four scholarships in the amount of $2,500 each for the academic school year and five …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Native American Indian Affairs Commission announced the passing of their new Scholarship Program for Indiana’s Native American students attending Indiana colleges and universities.

Enrollment in Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program more than doubled in the program’s second year with 9,324 families signing up to participate in 2012-2013. Last year, Indiana administered the largest first year voucher program in the nation’s history, with 3,919 families embracing the opportunity to choose schools that meet their children’s unique academic needs. “Once again, …read more.