GREG MORRIS: Starfish helps needy teens prepare for success
College-educated mentors pitch in to put high-achieving kids on path to college and careers.
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Editorial: Lawmakers made right call in fully funding 21 Fund
The 21 Fund’s purpose has meandered a bit since it was created in 1999, but it always has been dedicated in some way to encouraging research, technology and innovation. And that investment is key to maintaining the state’s efforts to create a vibrant tech community.
Mandy Haskett: Data alone won’t solve hiring, retention challenges
All business problems lead back to people problems. And while people data can be a catalyst for individual and organizational change, data alone is not enough. Lead with data, then let that be the springboard that clarifies where you ought to focus. People data is the starting line, not the silver bullet.
Ed Feigenbaum: It’s conference committee time—let the games begin
Pro tip to the new kids on the block: Throw everything you’ve learned about lawmaking in your first session to date (or in fourth grade civics!) out the back door of the Statehouse, buckle your seat belts, and prepare for a ride like you’ve never experienced before.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Say hello to the Indianapolis eclectic Indians
A pitcher named Rookie, an economics whiz and a minister/coach are among the interesting group you’ll find at Victory Field this year.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Democratic socialism raises a fundamental question
Democratic socialism is much more than bumping up federal social spending. It is designed to generate fundamental changes in our economic order.
KIM: Stocks’ recovery from December massacre holds important lessons
The doom and gloom headlines from December have turned ebullient, as the S&P 500 in the first quarter posted its best performance since the third quarter of 2009.
Letter: Initiatives take aim at opportunity gap
I offer my enthusiastic support of IBJ’s recent editorial [Community needs to act on income inequality problems, March 29], which addresses data released this month by the Brookings Institution about the gap between those who are thriving in central Indiana and those who aren’t. Like IBJ, the Marian University community—board, administration, faculty, staff and students—finds […]
Scott Frye: It’s time to equitably fund charter school students
As an administrative team, one of our top concerns is the well-being of our teachers. Our students need teachers who are 100% devoted to ensuring student success. We do not want to lose great teachers due to a lack of financial resources.
Tim Cook & Katie Culp: State’s Skills Enhancement Fund works but is at risk
Then IEDC overhauled SEF with one simple goal: Provide the training dollars companies say they need and get out of their way. The agency stopped nickel-and-diming how companies could spend SEF, removing the compliance shackles that made federal military contracts seem mild by comparison.
MICKEY MAURER: Check out my advice, for whatever it’s worth
To atone for my naughty April Fool’s Day behavior, I’ll share some good clean employment tips given in all sincerity from years past.
Editorial: Public kept in dark on Pacers deal until 25-year pact was fait accompli
On the morning of April 12, the Capital Improvement Board voted unanimously to approve a Pacers deal that will cost the quasi-governmental entity nearly $800 million over the next 25 years. But until that morning, there had been no public discussion hinting that a deal would be so costly.
URBAN DESIGN: Urban dwellings need separation from the street
New multi-family projects often fail to provide the privacy statement delivered by the porch, stoop or plinth.
Santiago Jaramillo: CEOs, HR can drive alignment on people, culture strategy
What I learned from that experience is that, as business leaders, we have to hold our people and culture initiatives to the same standards that we hold every other function.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Follow Kyle Guy from desolation to redemption
Former Lawrence Central star used a historic loss as motivation in Virginia’s championship run.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Population slowdown problematic for economy
Unfortunately, the size of the working age population has been growing slowly and even shrank slightly last year. This poses a real problem for our nation’s finances.
Ed Feigenbaum: A negative revenue forecast could cause shifts in priorities
Ratcheting down an already depressed forecast will make the final week of the session an exercise in cost-cutting and priority-shifting.
Letter: Lifting up civic duty
Two columnists from two completely different geographic and political sections of the country, and both understand the importance of civic involvement and political duty, and not just for the biased and trend-following portion of our urban population.
Letter: No apologies from township schools
Prior to making broad generalizations around the need for “attention, engagement, and scrutiny,” it is important to ensure that all of the facts are in place.
Now is the time to reverse state’s school-funding decline
Indiana policymakers love to celebrate Indiana’s leadership, but one ranking our lawmakers can’t tout is the Hoosier state’s standing on school funding and teacher pay. Indiana ranks below average nationally and fails to compete with nearly all neighboring states in funding public schools and teacher compensation. A recently released study on Indiana’s school funding and […]