Bob Behning: ILEARN is an important snapshot of student learning
While the results are not the ones we had hoped for, the value of Hoosier students and teachers is not defined by test scores, but by the learning being accomplished in the classroom.
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Phil GiaQuinta: Tests are wrong way to judge schools, students, teachers
This is all too typical of education policies formulated by Republicans in recent years that have resulted in poor pay for teachers, underfunded public schools and millions of dollars thrown at unaccountable programs like virtual charter schools.
Shariq Siddiqui: One way Trump isn’t so bad for Muslim Americans
Politicians, advocacy organizations and other groups opposed to President Trump that have taken on Islamophobia.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: My ‘black agenda’ for the city of Indianapolis
The city should increase opportunities for more school choice.
Randall T. Shepard: DCS official’s resignation reveals much
Gov. Eric Holcomb spoke for us all when he told The Star he was ‘disgusted by what I read.
Jim Shella: Scoops don’t wait for sentimental moments
TV stations used to sit on breaking news until the 6 p.m. newscast for optimum impact. No longer.
Tom LoBianco: When to cover words and when to cover action
The rise of digital media … has driven a new culture that is based on driving up clicks and so-called ‘engagement’—and pissing matches fit the bill.
Let’s treat gun violence like a public health problem
We are currently entertaining changes in policy that sound good or intuitive but are not necessarily data-driven and evidenced-based.
Marshawn Wolley: Red Line offers hope to residents trying to move up
I find some irony in the naming of the Red Line giving the legacy of redlining in the black community.
Curt Smith: A skeptical but hopeful view of the Red Line
When the system starts charging, and the weather turns cold, will folks walk blocks to the bus and give up the convenience of point-to-point driving?
Riley Parr: The real political divide is more freedom vs. less
An intended consequence for liberals is that by using government action, they hope to achieve the desired end now.
Michael Leppert: Don’t count on the ostriches to save us
Our federal government has its head buried in the sand.
Bill Oesterle: 38th Street is not a highway, but it’s treated like one
Streets are about moving people, not just cars. They are about living and commerce.
Deborah Daniels: Our country is worse for Dan Coats’ resignation
He continued to provide honest assessments of the threats facing the country.
Jennifer Wagner: Talking to our children on the anniversary of 9/11
How do you boil down something so horrific … for an 11-year-old who doesn’t yet understand international political alliances or diplomatic differences?
Carmel entrepreneur invents headphones to treat anxiety, depression
The device, manufactured in Singapore, won a Mira Award earlier this year for Innovation of the Year, and now its creator said he’s winning over doctors and medical providers with his invention.
From ‘chill out’ spaces to weekend hours, new principal attempts to turn around School 43
School 43 has gone through at least five leaders in five years. But its latest principal, Lauren Johnson, wants parents and neighbors to know that she’s here to stay.
Democrats clash over health care in debate that started with calls of unity
In a series of heated exchanges at a presidential debate Thursday night, 10 Democratic contenders laid bare the party’s deep divisions on major issues.
Pierre Atlas: On guns, the political winds may be shifting
While the Constitution guarantees a right to firearms ownership, no right is absolute, not even the right to bear arms.”
Chaotic talks show challenge of reaching opioid settlement
By Thursday, half of the nation’s state attorneys general said they would reject a tentative deal crafted by the other half, and many criticized the terms as grossly insufficient.