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Education & Workforce Development
Mayor to take control of four struggling Indy schools
February 6, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana State Board of Education is handing authority over four troubled Indianapolis schools to the city's mayor.
MoreIndiana Senate backs cursive writing requirement
February 5, 2013
Associated PressSenators voted 36-13 Tuesday in favor of the proposal despite arguments from some senators that it represents an unwarranted
mandate from the state on local school districts.
MoreBill relaxing state superintendent rules advances
February 5, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana House has approved a bill that would end the requirement that local school superintendents hold a state superintendent's
or teacher's license.
MorePence supports large expansion of voucher program
February 5, 2013
Associated PressPence policy director Marilee Springer told members of the House education committee Tuesday that the governor supports a
sweeping package of education changes that would end a one-year waiting period to obtain the scholarships.
MorePurdue lands $14.5M to expand nanotechnology portal
February 5, 2013
J.K. WallPurdue University announced Tuesday that some of its researchers won a five-year, $14.5 million grant from the National Science
Foundation to expand the school’s online gateway for instruction, research and simulations in nanotechnology.
MoreDePauw University gets $31M in donations
February 4, 2013
Associated PressThe founder of Lincoln Capital Management and his wife have donated $20 million to DePauw University to provide financial
aid to students, part of $31 million in donations announced by the school in central Indiana.
MoreIvy Tech to go after student debtors' tax refunds
February 3, 2013
Associated PressStudents who owe Ivy Tech Community College money will have their tax refunds diverted to cover the debt under a new policy
the statewide college system is implementing.
MoreIndy mayor asks Indiana for control of 4 schools
January 31, 2013
Associated PressThe mayor of Indianapolis is asking the Indiana State Board of Education to give him control of four former city schools taken
over by the state because of poor performance.
MoreSenator: Voucher expansion must get House OK first
January 30, 2013
Associated PressThe chairman of the Indiana Senate Education Committee says any proposals to expand the state's private school voucher
system will have to be first approved by the Indiana House.
MoreBill advances to loosen Indiana superintendent rules
January 29, 2013
Associated PressLocal school superintendents would no longer have to hold an Indiana superintendent's or teacher's license under a
bill endorsed by an Indiana House committee.
MoreIndiana House OKs looser rules on selling old schools
January 28, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana House has approved a bill that would shorten the time that school districts must hold onto vacant buildings in
case a charter school operator wanted to move into the building.
MoreMarian med school oversubscribed
January 28, 2013
J.K. WallMarian University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine—only the second medical school in Indiana—will enroll
162 students this fall, about 8 percent more than it planned.
MoreEducation spending debate a matter of priorities
January 27, 2013
Associated PressTop Democrats and Republicans in the General Assembly agree that more money is needed to improve Indiana's education system
in the next two years, but how that money will be spent is a point of debate.
MoreIHSAA bylaw targets recruiting of younger athletes
January 27, 2013
Associated PressFor the first time in history, the Indiana High School Athletic Association's bylaws on recruitment are no longer being
applied to high school students alone. With the passing of Bylaw 20-2, potential student-athletes as young as 10 could lose
their high school eligibility if recruitment is found.
MoreWabash College names Hess its 16th president
January 26, 2013
Associated PressAn economist from a California college will take over in July as president of Wabash College in western Indiana.
MorePence says he, Indiana schools chief have same aims
January 25, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's new governor and state schools superintendent are from different political parties but they seemed in agreement
Friday on getting schools to focus more on preparing students for careers.
MoreDaniels says he won't lobby for Purdue this session
January 25, 2013
Associated PressPurdue University President Mitch Daniels says he won't be lobbying state lawmakers on Purdue's behalf this session
because it's too soon after his departure from the governor's office.
MoreCEO convinces investors that ITT is on the rebound
January 24, 2013
J.K. WallFor a guy whose company's stock price has lost 75 percent of its value, Kevin Modany, the CEO of ITT Educational Services
Inc., sounds pretty upbeat. And it seemed to rub off on investors Thursday.
MoreSenate overhauling $10M school safety proposal
January 24, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Senate Republicans are in the middle of overhauling a safety measure aimed at better protecting schools after a shooting
last month in Connecticut left 20 first-graders dead.
MoreLugar to join IU faculty, donate papers to school
January 24, 2013
Associated PressFormer Sen. Richard Lugar will join former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton as a professor in Indiana University's new School of
Global and International Studies.
MoreITT suffers tough quarter on enrollment drop, loan losses
January 24, 2013
J.K. WallITT Educational Services Inc. shares swooned Thursday morning after the private educator reported sinking revenue and a $9.5
million loss in the fourth quarter. But the stock rebounded strongly later Thursday.
MoreLawmakers press Pence aide on school dollars
January 23, 2013
Associated PressThe Pence budget calls for roughly $6.4 billion in education spending in each of the next two years, with another $64 million
for high-performing schools beginning the summer of 2014, at the start of the 2015 budget year.
MoreIndiana bill to overturn school standards delayed
January 23, 2013
Associated PressThe chairman of the Indiana Senate's Education Committee says he's working on a compromise to a bill that would pull
the state from the Common Core State Standards national education initiative.
MoreBall State pulls sponsorship of 7 charter schools
January 22, 2013
Associated PressBall State University has pulled its sponsorship of seven Indiana charter schools plagued by long-running academic woes, including
one in Indianapolis.
MoreDaniels starts at Purdue with fact-finding tour
January 21, 2013
Associated PressFormer Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has started his tenure as president of Purdue University with a fact-finding tour that students
said impressed them with his willingness to engage them on changes he's considering for the university.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.