In 2007, the Indiana General Assembly unanimously put into place the requirement for all Indiana schools to identify students
with advanced potential from all groups and provide them with appropriate curriculum and instruction needed to develop their
potential.
Few matters in life are clear and definitive. Sadly, we grow up learning that all can
or should be reduced (or elevated) to mathematical modeling. We have no courses or TV channels specializing in ambiguity,
no college major in uncertainty.
Most IBJ editors and bloggers now can access readership stats for every bit of news content on our website. We know
how many times each story, blog and video has been viewed and for how long, for any month, week or day.
The recession is dragging on, unemployment remains above 9 percent, and Lilly is chopping its way through 5,500 layoffs.
Business bummers abound. But it’s not all bad news.
U.S. markets look like they have at least one more rally on the way at some point in the next few months.
A good community foundation knows when there is an unmet need. After faith-based organizations, nobody is closer to understanding immediate needs better than a strong community foundation.
The fries at Fat Dan’s Chicago-style Deli in Broad Ripple are, in short, delicious and enough of a draw on their own to merit a visit
(though we realize it’s unlikely you’ll stop with just fries).
If the events at Carmel High School had occurred outside the realm of sports, would the scrutiny have been this intense,
and this sensationalized?
One hurdle is that too few people understand what constitutes hazing.
Around the world, tens of millions
of computers are infected with sly viruses that invisibly take over a machine, letting it continue working but redirecting
part of its time to doing nefarious things, like storing ill-gotten data or sending out spam ads for improbable enlargements
of body parts.
Is investing becoming a technology-rigged game for computerized gamblers who rent stocks for seconds or minutes and whose objective is to repeatedly skim small profits?
I wish I hadn’t missed the days when Nordstrom’s Manhattan outpost would’ve been a gleaming tower of polished consumerism,
complete with elevator operators and too many shoe salesmen.
Greece will enter a generation of austerity in which its best and brightest young people will leave for Europe or America.
My soiled shirt was a reminder of the best fish tacos I’ve had outside my dad’s kitchen.
This week, a tribute that transcends at the Phoenix Theatre, plus thoughts on this year’s Spotlight benefit.
Two of the principal obligations of government are that it should be accountable to its citizens, and that it should operate
at a reasonable level of efficiency.
In light of Biglari Holdings’ recent decision to implement a new incentive bonus agreement for its CEO and chairman,
Sardar Biglari, I am concerned.
Veolia Water Indianapolis takes issue with last week’s (May 10) story on the Department of Waterworks’ (DOW)
rate case, and notes with regret that the reporter neglected to contact us on what is an important public issue.
Recent events in the Gulf of Mexico have placed considerable focus
on the everyday contributions the men and women in the oil and natural gas industry make to help fuel and power our way of
life.
Unemployment numbers come out monthly and the news media cover them as diligently as
violations of selected commandments.
