The root of Indiana’s myriad problems
Longtime economist Morton Marcus says the objective truth is that Indiana is in decline. He also insists the solution is a change in the culture, not just job creation.
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School acquires remainder of former Herron Art Institute
Herron High School has acquired the parts of the former Herron Art Institute it did not already control, including the historic Fessler Building and a parking lot, from Minkis Builders for about $500,000.
Prepare for a (good) schools arms race
Imagine a future in which Indiana school districts bid up salaries for star teachers to $100,000 or more to develop a district specialty in a field like science or math, and cause students to excel.
Filling Fong’s outsized shoes at Butler
University trustees will ask the next president to continue building on The Butler Way.
Bayh likely to run for governor, party official says
Marion County Democratic chief Ed Treacy expects an announcement after the first of the year.
Market losses hammer Indiana colleges
Three institutions flagged by U.S. Department of Education financial responsibility test.
NFP of Note: Indy Reads
Indy Reads works to improve the literacy skills
of adults in central Indiana who read or write at or below the sixth grade level.
Mind Trust education fund launches national network
The organization uses its money to lure national reform programs like Teach for America to the city and to fund education entrepreneurship fellows to launch innovative programs for schoolchildren in Indianapolis.
An ode to utility workers
They're some of the most stable people in the state, a new study shows.
Mind Trust fills leadership positions
The Indianapolis-based not-for-profit has a new president and a vice president of strategic growth initiatives.
Walton charity pledges $1.2M for Indy charters
An Arkansas-based charity, formed by Wal-Mart Stores founder Sam Walton, will run a competition to award grants to five community
organizations that want to start charter schools.
Simon Youth Foundation hires Hetrick to handle national branding, marketing
Simon Youth Foundation, a local not-for-profit, helps at-risk high school students across the country by partnering with local
school systems.
Downstream problems with professionals
Should engineers be required to spend time in repair shops, and architects with the lunch bucket crowd?
LEADING QUESTIONS: Literacy leader pens success story
Indy Reads' Travis DiNicola empowers employees by preaching an entrepreneurial mindset.
The perils of measuring ‘success’
A philanthropy expert thinks donors could unwittingly undermine their dollars and time by insisting on too much documentation.
Scott Jones brings Lemonade Day to Indianapolis kids
Launched in Houston three years ago, Lemonade Day aims to educate children from pre-kindergarten through high school how to
start, own and operate their own small businesses.
School project takes architect to Eastern Europe
Dan Schmidt of Indianapolis-based Schmidt Associates Inc. architecture firm has returned from a trip to Georgia helping to
evaluate school infrastructure there.
Are teachers unions the new UAW?
The Indiana State Teachers Association might shoot itself in the foot in its standoff with the state’s school chief.
Butler University basketball player Jukes supports students in Uganda
Jukes raises money so Ugandan children can attend secondary school through his Jukes Foundation for Kids.