Perched above a major highway in central Los Angeles sits an unassuming high school where students are all too familiar with the sound of ambulance sirens. This fall, the principal has called an ambulance about five times because of suspected student drug use.

"Education leaders should work not only to keep materials in place but also to form coherent instructional systems around them," a new report reads. However, relying on teachers to use them with integrity remains a challenge.

Middle school students at Indianapolis Public Schools' district-run middle schools will get to sleep in a bit next school year. The seven directly managed IPS middle schools, including two new ones, will start at 9 a.m. for the 2024-25 school year instead of the 7:10 to 7:20 a.m. start time that IPS middle schools currently use.

A full spectrum of school accountability numbers was released for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. But there isn't a single number to sum up the performance of any one school or district.