Claire Fiddian-Green: Employers should care about addressing racial gaps in education
Far too few Black and Hispanic students are being adequately prepared for success after high school.
Far too few Black and Hispanic students are being adequately prepared for success after high school.
We are incredibly lucky to have these everyday heroes in our local hospitals and schools.
Quitting cigarettes and other nicotine products is hard, but it is achievable through proven cessation tools.
The jobs that fuel central Indiana’s economy will increasingly require a workforce with some form of postsecondary education.
Right now, participation in Hoosier Hall Pass is low, and there is often a shortage of poll workers on Election Day.
Isn’t it time we acknowledge that what we have been doing to close K-12 equity gaps isn’t working?
More than three decades of data and Indiana’s own experience demonstrate that these programs work.
“One critical support that K-12 schools can provide for students is the intentional development of social-emotional learning competencies.”
These examples of can-do attitudes and togetherness are especially powerful in countering other recent instances of divisiveness and hate.
A future in which automation and AI impact every sector of our economy is just a few short years away.
This Black History Month, we should commit ourselves to closing the persistent Black-white academic achievement gap.
Let’s apply the same sense of urgency to ensuring students learn to read as we have to producing a coronavirus vaccine.
It has become increasingly clear that K-12 student learning outcomes will be affected by COVID-19.
Regardless of political views, geography, race, ethnicity, religion, income or gender, our votes all count the same.
As we continue to work together to enable children and adults to return safely to school and work, we must prioritize addressing the underlying factors that have resulted in the racial disparities exposed by the pandemic.
As we work to address barriers to eLearning, we should also use the pandemic as an opportunity to shine a light on broader inequities in K-12 education.
Myriad factors drive the gaps in access to medication for opioid use disorder.
Define your purpose in life. Work hard to achieve it. Invest in your personal relationships.
Hoosier students are not acquiring the math skills they need for success in a global economy.
Why not strengthen fraying relationships by developing solutions in areas where we agree?