MEREDITH: Don’t cut corners on traditional, thorough preparation
Educators coming to the classroom from a non-traditional path might be an expert in their field, but they have no training in the art of educating students.
Educators coming to the classroom from a non-traditional path might be an expert in their field, but they have no training in the art of educating students.
Indianapolis’ largest commercial interior design business has been purchased by the national architecture firm that designed Lucas Oil Stadium.
Fifth Third among them, after being hit with class action over whether to pay customers’ biggest bills first.
Indiana University President Michael McRobbie last month predicted that IU eventually will get less than 10 percent of its revenue from the state. If public schools get nine out of 10 dollars from somewhere other than public coffers, will they still be public?
Indianapolis could become a core of unskilled, low-wage earners in a region of knowledge workers.
The hospitals owned by Boone and Hamilton counties are following the lead of Indianapolis-based Wishard Health Services and its parent organization by acquiring far-flung nursing homes, hoping the strategy proves as lucrative.
The Indiana Pacers have already lost eight preseason games and eight regular-season games, with half of those events scheduled for Conseco Fieldhouse. Extending the stoppage through Dec. 15 will cost the Pacers another 15 games, including six at home.
A real estate brokerage picked by the city to spearhead redevelopment of a prime Mass Ave parcel occupied by the Indianapolis Fire Department stands to collect a million-dollar-plus payday if it closes the deal.
The Care for Kids Foundation, which has its roots in raising money for the former Children’s Guardian Home, will recruit its first class of 14-year-olds this summer for a four-year program called Opportunity Rox.
Mike Reffeitt, CFO at BioStorage Technologies Inc., is the top honoree in the private companies (revenue $100 million or less) category.
A former New Palestine gym teacher was arrested Monday for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old male student at school last year. Bryan Turner, 53, resigned from his non-certified teaching position at Doe Creek Middle School in New Palestine after allegations surfaced shortly before Thanksgiving. In a letter to parents and staff last week, Superintendent James Halik said that he received a phone call from a man who said he had personal knowledge of misconduct by Turner nearly 30 years ago. The charges stem from an investigation by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department and Child Protective Services into an incident that took place in October 2010.
When these factories left these neighborhoods it curtailed their vitality.
Some small-business owners are taking divergent paths to build revenue during difficult economic times. Some are adding products and services, while others are focusing on core competencies. What’s your take on the different strategies?
State officials in 2005 vowed to run a competitive process to select a private firm to handle real estate leasing for public agencies, but a 20-page request for services to more than 400 potential bidders was a sham, according to three people with knowledge of the process.
After years of failed attempts to create a viable Web presence, Stout’s Shoes has finally plunged into cyberspace using the route experts say many small companies follow: giving the job to a young, tech-savvy family member with an aptitude for social media.
This week, meet Crystal Grave, who left a corporate marketing career to start event-planning resource Snappening.com.
The Mind Trust plan for transforming Indianapolis Public Schools calls for turning the district into a network of charter-like schools and giving them 15 percent to 25 percent more dollars to spend than Indianapolis charter schools currently enjoy.
I have my own “principled” critique of the Affordable Care Act.