Scores Rise When Teachers, Principals Lead (1st of 4 parts)
Indiana Writers Group column for Oct. 17 and thereafter 500 words by Lisa Snell “Beating the Odds,” a May 2007 report by the Council of the Great City Schools, details how urban school districts have closed their achievement gaps in the past six years. Unfortunately, the report notes that in Indianapolis the most disadvantaged students Read the full article…
Academic and Economic Benefits of Later School Start
Indiana Writers Group column for Oct. 10 or thereafter 730 words By Andrea Neal If Gov. Mitch Daniels wants schools to open closer to Labor Day, he needs to enlist Hoosier parents for support. In other states that have rebelled against ever-earlier August start dates, parents have been the key lobbying group. In announcing the Read the full article…
An Economic Lesson From the Ball Brothers
Indiana Writers Group column for release Oct. 3 and thereafter 650 words By Ron Reinking, CPA The coffee group in my hometown read the news two ways. Despite heavy municipal subsidy there was only one bidder on a downtown hotel project. Either the city fashioned its incentive package to fit a specific developer or the Read the full article…
Reauthorizing NCLB May Be Exercise in Futility
Reauthorizing NCLB May Be Exercise in FutilityIndiana Writers Group column for Sept. 26 and thereafter 715 words By Andrea Neal When the President’s chief education policy upsets both Reagan-style conservatives and the teachers’ union, he’s got a problem. That problem brought Education Secretary Margaret Spellings to Indianapolis last week on a bus tour to promote Read the full article…
Hoosier Profs Explicate Custer’s Last Stand
Indiana Writers Group column For release Sept. 19 and thereafter 672 words Color digital mug shot available on request By Craig Ladwig Oops, we missed it again, the anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. So we’ll have to stretch a bit and use as our peg the governor’s call for a more accurate Read the full article…
Indiana’s Foreclosure Rate and What to Do About It
Indiana Writers Group column For release Sept. 12 and thereafter 667 words (with optional cut) Color digital mug shot available on request By John Tatom It is true that Indiana is among those states that has had a major foreclosure problem. And it is true that the Indiana foreclosure rate is likely to climb to Read the full article…
