MEREDITH: Arts instruction reaches far beyond coursework
It seems that policymakers have created just enough direction to create stress over how to weave test scores into the evaluations of arts teachers.
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It seems that policymakers have created just enough direction to create stress over how to weave test scores into the evaluations of arts teachers.
When compensating teachers based on test scores and other performance measures, how should teachers in fine arts be reviewed?
Like many Hoosiers, I was disappointed that the Supreme Court upheld the mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act.
While the top priorities for Congress must be improving our economy and creating jobs, it is also important to ensure the implementation of the Affordable Care Act does not lead to counterproductive results.
Right now you are probably asking yourself: “What would it be like to live in a place with an unemployment rate of 1 percent?”
"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” So wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald—and he didn’t just mean that they have more money.
Through most of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Protestant Establishment sat atop the American power structure.
There was a time, within living memory, when achievements of others were not only admired but were often taken as inspiration for imitation of the same qualities that served these achievers well, even if we were not in the same field of endeavor and were not expecting to achieve on the same scale.
Today, unions are being peeled so that they become smaller.
The mayor announced that the preferred site of a proposed transportation center will be the city-owned block of Washington Street between the City-County Building and the jail.
Here in central Indiana, we have the perfect opportunity to make improvements to our mass transit system.
How many times do you suppose Brian Payne heard, “Yeah, but” when he was selling the idea of a Cultural Trail?
Mickey Mantle played baseball for the New York Yankees, where he hit 536 home runs. He was one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball.
It has been unfortunate to hear the criticisms and judgmental rumblings regarding the decorum of expo visitors and tourists over the past few years.
The political season is nearing full swing and inevitably taxes will take center stage.
With the Purdue University job awaiting him, Gov. Daniels is apparently taking a Rube Goldberg approach to state government.
He lost the majority in 2010 and staged two failed walkouts in 2011 and 2012. That was part of it.
Steve Goldsmith was one of the brightest men to run for governor of Indiana but he lacked a populist touch.
Indianapolis Power & Light Co. customers are being warned to expect higher bills in July because of increased electricity usage. An IPL spokeswoman said the extreme summer heat is to blame. Usage for the average customer is up 20 percent in the last month, she said, and customers are likely to see an increase of about 20 percent on their next bill.
Carmel police hope two arrests Monday will end a six-week string of daytime home burglaries. Two of three juveniles were taken into custody after witnesses say they saw them break into the back a home in the Walden Pond neighborhood near 99th Street and Westfield Boulevard at about 10:30 a.m. Before the break-in, the teens knocked on the doors of other homes and asked residents if they had seen a missing dog. Police say the method is similar to the approach used in multiple break-ins this summer in Carmel.