Bohanon: Adam Smith and the Rationale of Pre-School
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. The Indiana legislature will likely consider expanding statewide pre-kindergarten programs for children at risk. Informing the discussion will be an extensively studied 1960s pre-K experiment, the Perry Program from Ypsilanti, Mich. Its findings suggest we reexamine a forgotten goal of early education. In the Perry Program, researchers assigned 123 three-year-old children Read the full article…
Newsletter: Common Core Restarts the Discussion
Resolved: That all Indiana students should receive the best possible education. The problem is that this obviously worthy goal is pursued at the statehouse with a failed assumption — that our school districts operate the same way, apply the same standards with the same parental support, all with the same bureaucratic apparatus supervising the same Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (11): ‘Little Turtle’ Led in War and Peace
by Andrea Neal For 30 years, he was a dominating figure on the Indiana frontier, at first resisting the white man’s encroachment and later giving in to the inevitable. The historian Calvin Young called him “one of the greatest Indian chiefs of all time.” “Some day we will recognize him as our first great Hoosier Read the full article…
The Outstater: Sometimes it Pays to Be Dumb
YOU MAY not have heard this good news about the Indiana economy: The state has avoided as a whole the mistakes that result in local housing bubbles. And this, among other reasons, is why Indiana remains a relatively good place to live. This was not intentional, alas, as will be explained, but it nonetheless gives Read the full article…
O’Toole: The Folly of Indiana Mass Transit
by Randal O’Toole The Carmel Chamber of Commerce says that Indianapolis needs a regional transit system — which inevitably means higher taxes — so Indianapolis can compete with communities such as Minneapolis and Salt Lake City. In fact, since 1990, the Indianapolis urban area has grown more than twice as fast as the Minneapolis or Read the full article…
Indiana at 200 (10): Hoosier Values Were Shaped by Northwest Ordinance
by Andrea Neal Indiana became a state in 1816. Its political values, moral compass and physical boundaries were shaped by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The ordinance spelled out how new states would be added to the Union and the rights that would be guaranteed to citizens. John J. Patrick, professor emeritus of education at Read the full article…
