TAWN PARENT Commentary: A law to help us reclaim summer
As I begin this column, snow is falling. But if I close my eyes I can already feel the heat of next August. I can also feel the disappointment that another summer has been cut prematurely short by the absurdly early start to the school year. So I’m cheering the success in the General Assembly of legislation that would move the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress back to the spring. The House of Representatives on Feb. 2 approved a…