Ed Feigenbaum: Republicans’ closed-door debates cut out public input
House Republicans opted to hash out the hate crimes legislation in a private caucus—just like their Senate counterparts did.
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PETE THE PLANNER: Get more from your financial adviser
I guarantee, you utilize less than 60 percent of the functionality of your financial adviser, and you suffer for it. The stakes are high. It matters.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Fed’s growing power poses danger to financial markets
Since 2008, the Fed has explicitly tried to steer the entire economy by targeting long-term rates. This is a major expansion of Fed power.
Letter: Unruly students lead to teacher turnover
Neglected kids become disruptors and dropouts once their hormones start running.
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 Our outdated, one-size-fits-all graduation and diploma system limits student potential and does not fully prepare every kid for life after high school.
Trying kids as adults is wrong approach
Greg Morris’s recent column [12- and 13-year-olds can belong in adult court, March 15], references Indiana Senate Bill 279, which, if passed into law, would expand Indiana’s waiver/transfer law to 12- and 13-year-olds for attempted murder. Trying and sentencing young children in the adult system is not an age- or developmentally-appropriate, or just response to […]
Justin Ross: Don’t rely on balanced budget amendment to keep Indiana solvent
Every state that can reasonably be described as existing in financial peril has a balanced budget amendment.
Lauren Moore: Support teachers by funding their mentors
Because of our mentoring structure through TAP, our school has been rated an A for the past three years. Before implementing this career-ladder structure, we were a D school.
Greg Morris: Teachers’ Treasures helps teachers help kids
Better teachers produce better-educated kids, and that means we have a better, more-productive workforce here in central Indiana. These dedicated teachers deserve our continued support.
Editorial: Community needs to act to on income inequality problems
Local companies—be they big corporations or small startups—need a strong talent pool from which to draw their workers. State and local governments need a healthy tax base from which to pull revenue to keep the region’s infrastructure—roads, mass transit, internet access and more—strong enough for business. And the region needs residents who invest time, money and energy into their homes, their schools and their community at large. None of that can happen when a large percentage of the population is economically drowning.
Sam Julka: Well-designed workspaces are no joke
One of the most common words we hear related to office space is “outdated.” People don’t need to show up to a workplace with gold-plated file cabinets—although maybe that’s back in. What does Beyoncé have in her office?
Ed DeLaney: Legislature is a neglectful parent—unless it’s nagging
When it comes to virtual charter schools we simply run away from responsibility, as do all too many parents.
Brad Rateike: Honoring my mentors by being one, too
I will always believe that, in the history of humanity, no one has ever been upset by receiving a thank you note.
Leah McGrath: Never too late to do right thing for our Vietnam vets
Thank you and welcome home. I can see how those words have healing power.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Socialist, communist, capitalist—who cares!
It’s time we listen up and explore new ideas and not care where the idea originated.
Claire Fiddian-Green: We need addictions counselors. Here’s how to get them.
Many who need help—especially those relying on low-cost, community-based care—struggle to obtain it.
Dana Black: Holcomb struggles to persuade GOP to follow his lead
He suggests what he wants from his supermajority General Assembly and they send him back something watered down and not meeting the stated goal.
John McDonald: Indiana’s real March madness
The lack of an inclusive hate crimes law sends the wrong message for a state already in a death match for recruiting and retaining talent.
Una Osili: Payday loans won’t boost Hoosiers’ financial security
Financial literacy in the workplace can help employees cope with emergencies and prepare for retirement.