The Outstater: J-Schools Have Reason to Be Embarrassed
by Craig Ladwig All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.” — Robert Montgomery Knight An officer of our foundation spoke at a local university recently on the topic of journalism. Afterward, talking with students, he was surprised that, although they hoped to work in Read the full article…
Half Past the Month: A GOP Moratorium on Enterprise
“‘Bipartisan’ usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.” — George Carlin PASSAGE IN THE INDIANA HOUSE of a moratorium on enterprise, in this case nursing-home construction, is cause to wonder why the Super Majority is such a big deal. Democrats could have done that by themselves and saved GOP donors tens of Read the full article…
Schansberg: NCLB and Common Core to the Rescue?
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. The most recent issue of The Indiana Policy Review, Dr. Maryann O. Keating describes the priorities of the key “stakeholders” in K-12 education: a) parents and children; b) the general public, including future employers; and c) providers of educational services, including school teachers and staff (public, private or for-profit), testing services Read the full article…
Backgrounder: Is Federal Education Aid Worth It?
by Craig Ladwig Could Indiana live without 12 percent of its education budget, the $1.2 billion coming from Washington each year? The answer is yes if you trust cost-benefit analysis. An expert in that field, Dr. Maryann O. Keating, writing in the current issue of the quarterly Indiana Policy Review, raises an even more troubling Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (46): Indiana’s Colored Regiment
by Andrea Neal Even before Indiana began recruiting them, African-American Hoosiers volunteered to fight in the Civil War. An 1862 act of Congress allowed President Abraham Lincoln “to employ as many persons of African descent as he may deem necessary and proper for the suppression of this rebellion.” The Emancipation Proclamation of Jan. 1, 1863, Read the full article…
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