Update: Letting Sunlight in on Child Protection
Andrea Neal column for March 3 and thereafter760 words (EDITORS: For newspapers that run Neal column later in week, this is a revised version, updated with legislative action and adjournment). INDIANAPOLIS — Anthony Bars" life was short and full of pain. His death may save others from similar tragedy. With time running out on this Read the full article…
Reinventing Government: The Next Governor
Andrea Neal column for Oct. 5 and thereafter720 words (Editors: This is the first of three columns focusing on issues in the governor’s race. The next two will concern education reform and capitalizing on Indiana as the crossroads of America). INDIANAPOLIS – The author Javier Salcedo said, "Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible Read the full article…
Tindley School to Be an Indiana First
Andrea Neal column for March 24 and thereafter740 words INDIANAPOLIS — What would happen if you took one of the most rigorous private high schools in your city, moved it to one of your most blighted blocks and issued an open invitation to neighborhood kids to attend — free of charge? That far-fetched idea comes Read the full article…
Bold Vision Needed for Education Platform
Andrea Neal column for March 17 and thereafter750 words INDIANAPOLIS — As they develop their policy initiatives for Indiana schools, candidates for governor should take a page from Rod Paige’s playbook: Be bold, be creative and don’t be afraid to take on the teachers" union. Though Paige’s sense of humor backfired last month when he Read the full article…
Ball State Charters Meeting Diverse Need
Andrea Neal column for Sept. 14 and thereafter740 words (Note to editors: This is the second in a two-part series).When the Southwest Sullivan School Corp. closed Graysville Elementary School in a cost-saving move, residents got mad. Then they got creative. Concerned citizens asked Ball State University to sponsor a charter school in their southwest Indiana Read the full article…
Income Tax, Property Tax or “None of the Above?”
Andrea Neal column for Feb. 3 and thereafter (EDITORS: Please note ellipsis should go inside quote in graf 5) 725 words INDIANAPOLIS — Given a choice, which would you rather pay: income tax or property tax? That’s the question posed by House Bill 1008, which would allow county, town and city governments in Indiana to Read the full article…
