Christel House charter school to target dropouts
Charter schools for adults continue to pick up steam, as Christel House International prepares to launch the fourth such school in Indianapolis.
Charter schools for adults continue to pick up steam, as Christel House International prepares to launch the fourth such school in Indianapolis.
The two entities that control the future of Pan Am Plaza have come to an agreement that could lead to the redevelopment of one of the most valuable parcels downtown.
Those of you have followed my ramblings over the years may be surprised to learn there are a few things on which I agree with former Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight.
Administrators at Indiana University and IUPUI want to create a philanthropy-driven school in Indianapolis, and they might do away with another widely recognized school in the process.
I have my own “principled” critique of the Affordable Care Act.
Private clubs and private businesses are subject to all kinds of reasonable government measures. Why exclude smoking?
Pianist David Fray joins the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for a program of Mozart and Rachmaninoff Feb. 24-25. Details here.
Iibada Dance Company performs at the Artsgarden Feb. 25. Details here.
On Feb. 25, jazz instrumentalist Chris Botti returns to the Center for the Performing Arts—where he was among the featured talent at the Palladium grand opening. Details here.
Janis Siegel of the Manhattan Transfer goes solo at the Cabaret at the Columbia Club Feb. 24-25. Details here.
Dwight Slade performs at Crackers Downtown Comedy Club Feb. 22-25. Details here.
FINALIST: Community Achievement in Health Care
Net income of $103 million last year compares with a profit of $29.6 million in 2010 and a loss of $323.9 million in 2009, according to a document the transmission maker filed Feb. 17 with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of its planned IPO.
After years of screaming by employers that spiraling health care spending is crimping their profits and forcing them to hold down wages, the economic impact study released last week by Indiana University Health suggests health care spending is an unmitigated blessing to the Indiana economy.
An ex-employee of manufacturer ASI Limited in Whitestown is suing the company for allegedly failing to give workers a required 60-day notice that the plant was closing. The lawsuit seeks class-action status on behalf of roughly 200 terminated workers.
For the past four years, Ivy Tech Community College has soaked up 60,000 extra students displaced by the recession even though the funding for new staff and facilities has not kept pace. But now Ivy Tech President Tom Snyder says the sponge is waterlogged.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority is moving ahead with plans to build an “airport city” centered on its property, but not without buy-in from the surrounding communities.
Several downtown surface parking lots are targeted for redevelopment, with a couple already well on their way to being filled with a mixture of commercial and residential projects.