January 19, 2010
J.K. WallState teachers union's recommended approach differs sharply from spending cuts and salary freezes recommended by the Indiana
Board of Education.
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January 13, 2010
Associated PressThe district's school board voted 6-1 Tuesday night for a plan using the Anderson High School building for grades 10-12 starting
next fall. The Highland High School building will house grades 7-9.
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January 8, 2010
J.K. WallAccording to data released Friday by the Indiana Department of Education, 81.2 percent of Hoosier high school students scheduled
to graduate in 2009 did.
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January 7, 2010
Associated PressThe new rules are expected spur future teachers to spend more time learning subject matter and less time taking education
classes.
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January 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Washington Township Schools Foundation on the north side is among those that wants to raise money
for buildings and other high-cost needs.
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December 19, 2009
Brian PayneWe Hoosiers are starting to treat education with a sense of urgency and as something
worth achieving. This response to our city’s, state’s and country’s education crisis is reassuring, because
the
stakes couldn’t be higher.
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December 12, 2009
IBJ StaffThe Safe Routes to School program “aims to influence a new generation of healthy, sustainable travel
behavior,” says INDOT.
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December 5, 2009
Kurt WiegandIt’s vitally important to have innovative, competitive and successful
school options available to attract and retain middle-class families in the neighborhoods.
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November 14, 2009
Mike HicksAt a time when we are desperate for science and math teachers, and when several big firms are laying off scientists, we should
be jumping at the chance to get them into the classroom.
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November 10, 2009
IBJ StaffVoters in the Hamilton Southeastern school district on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bump to their property taxes to provide
the growing system an extra $5.5 million in funding each year for the next seven years.
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November 7, 2009
Associated PressIndiana voters seem willing to pay more in property taxes to help school districts cover operating costs. The results of last
week's referendums, however, continue the trend against supporting plans for bigger, better schools during tough economic
times.
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November 7, 2009
IBJ StaffAcross Indiana, in more than a dozen different school districts over the past year, taxpayers have sent a message to administrators:
We are no longer giving you a blank check.
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November 5, 2009
Associated PressIndiana's school chief warned school superintendents Thursday that declining state revenues could force cuts in public education
spending, education officials said.
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November 4, 2009
Voters in Beech Grove on Tuesday endorsed a tax increase to keep school buses operating, while other education-related measures
in two Marion County townships failed.
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October 31, 2009
Scott OlsonIndiana schools are making huge strides in teaching students math required for careers in science, engineering and information
technology jobs. But education experts point to stagnant test scores on national math exams as confirmation that many students
still are not excelling, or are not even proficient, in the subject.
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October 15, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndiana's students outscored the national average in mathematics on the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress,
but the results show little improvement over previous years.
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October 3, 2009
J.K. WallProposed changes to teacher licensing rules are a threat in the eyes of most deans of Indiana’s colleges of education—both
to the quality
of
teacher training and to the budgets of the colleges.
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September 26, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerIndiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett plans to meet a state mandate to offer financial instruction by
incorporating the topic in the classroom via real-world example.
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September 26, 2009
IBJ StaffThe George Washington Community High School football team played its season opener at a newly renovated field and stadium,
thanks to a joint effort of the National Football League, the Indianapolis Colts and Local Initiatives Support Corp.
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September 21, 2009
IBJ StaffComcast Corp. is making videos seen on the Discovery Education channel available on demand to its Indianapolis-area digital
subscribers, the cable television company announced today.
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September 4, 2009
Scott OlsonThe mathematical version of the Scripps National Spelling Bee is coming to Indianapolis in 2010, according to the director
of the organization that hosts the event.
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August 29, 2009
IBJ StaffIndiana’s top education official, Tony Bennett, ruffled feathers last month when he proposed increasing teacher expertise
in math, science and other subjects, and stripping red tape from teacher certification and hiring of administrators.
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August 28, 2009
J.K. WallOnly one in 12 Hoosiers has an associate’s degree. That’s a big problem because nearly half of all jobs expected
to be offered in the next decade and beyond will be middle-skill jobs—which require at least some post-secondary credential,
like an associate’s degree, but not a four-year bachelor’s degree.
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August 10, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe new CEO of Junior Achievement of Central Indiana, Jennifer Burk, said she has ideas for reinvigorating the base of corporate
supporters and reaching more students with entrepreneurship programs.
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August 10, 2009
IBJ StaffTwo local organizations are trying to outfit thousands of kids before Indianapolis-area schools begin classes in August.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.