These days, brilliant women become surgeons and investment bankers—and 47 percent of America’s kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers come from the bottom one-third of their college classes (as measured by SAT scores).
The ultimate hope of liberal warfare is to fight as virtuously as possible, and with the minimum of risk.
What has become clear to me … is how important our Japanese friends and partners are to the 21st century Indiana experience.
If they expect to win back the House and the governor’s mansion, Democrats need to invest in an infrastructure that will begin to engage young Hoosiers.
Establishment Republicans are in danger of becoming as addicted to government aid as countless other individuals and interest groups.
My company is a member of our local chamber of commerce, and I’m about as pro-business as anyone can be. But that does not require me to be anti-union.
I’d never have been halfway around the world climbing all over nuclear research reactors if I hadn’t taken a few risks in Indiana.
We tend to think that elections in which one party or the other racks up an overwhelming majority should calm the body politic.
Unfortunately, journalists still sometimes fall into the trap of accepting what “everybody knows” without doing enough questioning.
The New Orleans school system, which endured almost total devastation due to Hurricane Katrina, may give us a model to follow. When given an opportunity for a fresh start, the city developed a combination of public and charter schools.
Why not take the tax money we would have spent sending children to a failing system and give their parents the opportunity to send them to the private school of their choice? After all, that’s what we do when it comes to higher ed.
The Indiana State Teachers Association opposes vouchers with every fiber of its being. So does the Democratic legislative caucus, supported by ISTA (and ISTA dues money).
Economically, the next couple of quarters will be tough for Japanese citizens. But we wouldn’t bet against their resolve to rebuild their country.
The goal of the legislation is to give public schools more incentives to improve.
Am I correct in reading this that the Republicans are the ones voting against a real smoking ban? This is a very hot button item for me.
I finally have reached my breaking point and felt compelled to write a letter in response to last week’s editorial.
Recent weeks saw the passing of a handful of the Hoosier sport’s key figures, among them former Shortridge High School and Butler University basketball coach George Theofanis.
While most local designers have thus far forgone the operating cost of a brick-and-mortar boutique, these opt for a tangible location
Who has the right to give away a state asset, as the IU name is, for what reasons and under what terms?
Failure to cooperate with an unethical power is a commendable ethical stand.
