Letter: Unruly students lead to teacher turnover
Neglected kids become disruptors and dropouts once their hormones start running.
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Letter: IBJ should use more diverse sources
The lack of an accurate representation of the black community in a recent story could project a false sense of unanimity on our concerns about IPS. But more significantly, it conceals the diversity of perspectives within the black community on the future of IPS.
Letter: Time to move away from high-stakes tests
Currently, school success is tied to student performance on high-stakes tests, like ISTEP 10. Our outdated, one-size-fits-all graduation and diploma system limits student potential and does not fully prepare every kid for life after high school.
Letter: Will indifference save Brainard?
Fred Glynn’s challenge in Carmel is not the incumbent mayor but the epidemic indifference of the city’s voters.
Letter: Restore bias bill
In today’s economy, the best way to build a broader tax base and a more dynamic business community is to embrace a diverse workforce.
Letter: Absentee-ballot voters shouldn’t need an excuse
State Rep. Carey Hamilton’s ideas to improve voter access in Indiana are common sense ideas, all well-proven in other states.
Letter: Indiana’s forests are in good hands
The Division of Forestry, staffed by real foresters, has no intention of liquidating our state forests. That would make no sense. The forest products industry gains nothing by lowering hardwood values and cutting away their futures.
Letter: Give, but give wisely
Simply responding to requests may feel good in the moment, but it isn’t the most effective approach.
Letter: Cuts were unnecessary
If Congress cannot stop overspending, the tax revenue has to come from somewhere and it has to come from where the money is at.
Letter: Market gyrations meaningless to most
The stock market may be a leading indicator, but it is often wrong.
Letter: Economists miss point of hiking cigarette tax
Michael LaFaive and Todd Nesbit miss the point when they argue against raising the state’s cigarette tax.
Letter: Put policy to work to tackle skills gap
In early December the Indiana Manufacturers Association launched a regional manufacturing education initiative working with education partners so classes can be customized and available in the communities where jobs are waiting.
Letter: Carbon emissions bill is breath of fresh air
It is such an elegant bill that it also adds millions of jobs and improves the economy at the same time.
Letter: More can be done to encourage cycling
We need more bike racks in secure, safe and lighted locations. Bike lockers would also be a great addition to help promote commuting in and out of downtown.
Letter: Pacers should pay for fieldhouse fix-up
When the Pacers can pay their players an average salary approaching 10 figures (that’s $10 million yearly, folks!), I think they should be able to fund any improvements to the facility where they play their home games.
Letter: State GOP should value all Hoosiers
The defeat of Republican State Sen. Mike Delph was not only about the demographics in his district. The vote was also about his RFRA stand and the voters’ opposition to his anti-equality platform.
Letter: Civility is a virtue
Civility is seen as a vice instead of a virtue and creating an environment of xenophobia and nationalism to gain short term policy wins is unwisely lauded.
Letter: Democrats divide us by harping on diversity
True equality will never occur until we concentrate on electing the most qualified person regardless of sex, race or sexual preference.
Letter: Cigarette taxes slippery slope
Tripling the tax on a pack of cigarettes and giving it to Legislators and administrators is folly. It just gives them more money to waste
Letter: Red Line Construction—The pain will be worth it
As one of the 25 most-visited museums in North America, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is a peer to museums in cities where visitors expect to have easy access to them via transit. With the Red Line, Indianapolis will meet those expectations.