MEREDITH: Lawmakers, educators should work together
Perhaps one of the greatest impacts the federal Every Student Succeeds Act could have on classrooms will be its respect of the professionals in our schools.
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MASSON: Schools need flexibility to craft testing
The recent wave of testing hysteria to which the state has succumbed is damaging our schools and our children.
SHABAZZ: ‘Diversity’ is about thought and opinion, not race
It’s offensive—and, in fact, quite racist—to think a black person or minority has “black” or “minority” opinions simply because of the color of his or her skin.
IRELAND: Candidates can win millennials with right agenda
A longtime—though unreliable—target group of the left, young adults for the first time in a generation could instead flip for conservatives this November.
DANIELS: Female candidates face unnecessary challenges
It is a sad truth that when men are forceful, they are viewed as strong, just the sort of leader we want. But when women are forceful, they are seen as strident, lecturing, even “bitchy.”
SIDDIQUI: Times may have changed, but our values shouldn’t
Voting against Trump is a moral imperative.
WAGNER: Politics without purpose is no fun
Like so many of my friends, I just can’t find much joy in mindlessly hurling insults to advance an agenda—if there even is one—that helps no one.
Trump’s rise should prompt GOP to look in mirror
For decades, Republican leaders—desperate to boost dwindling numbers as old white men die and minority populations grow—have embraced anyone who would have them, from corporate CEOs to white supremacists, gun enthusiasts to evangelicals, anti-abortion activists to warmongers.
SEAT: Scott Walker is example of what others should have done
What if one, two or 10 of the other GOP presidential candidates had followed Scott Walker’s lead? What if Ben Carson, John Kasich and Ted Cruz got out before Super Tuesday?
LEPPERT: Character would naturally have culled field
I recommend Republicans re-energize their platform to be pragmatic and attractive to that moderate group of voters who have lost interest in them. One of the major parties will win the middle. Right now it’s not the GOP.
BOEHM: States should steer clear of refugee policy
Governmental actions classifying people by nationality, like race and gender, rarely survive judicial scrutiny.
MILLER: Hoosiers deserve paid family leave
Paid family leave is a unique issue in that it can unite both pro-choice and pro-life groups.
SPALDING: A state that works (to erase RFRA from memory)
What we knew back then is now confirmed—the RFRA local and national backlash in 2015 was a big concern for the Pence administration, and rightfully so.
BARLOW: LGBT battle lacks real cases of discrimination
The Legislature pulled off a feat of magic that even the past valedictorians of Hogwarts would be jealous of: They created an environment of discrimination that hadn’t existed simply by affirming the right of religious objection.
National searches yield carpetbaggers
I can think of only a few instances where a national search was successful.
Location was wrong for TWG project
A different type of project would likely be welcome on the AT&T site. The TWG project would likely be welcome elsewhere.
Conduct described was way over the line
IUPUI has a right to a zero tolerance policy for sexual harassment.
GUY: Life without opinion
For me, a closed mouth is best. A closed mouth leaves me contented.
KENNEDY: When the center will not hold
The Internet puts enormous information resources at our fingertips, but it also connects us to massive amounts of misinformation, disinformation and propaganda.
MORRIS: Clinton versus Trump—not certain (yet)
Can another Republican save us from that worst-case scenario?