KENNEDY: Reflections on a disheartening primary
I have students—reasonably intelligent students—who cannot answer the question: What is government?
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GUY: The benefits of speaking up
Ten percent of any group contains persons who are unattractive, useless or disruptive, perhaps criminal. Yet dolts, often described as dissenters, have potential value.
SKIDMORE: Leadership drives business success
Without leaders to execute strategy, manage through dynamic change, and engage your employees, even the best businesses can be relegated to mediocre performance.
CRECELIUS: Presidential candidates’ trade rhetoric flawed
It is narrow-sighted to focus on limited aspects of a trade policy and then use those aspects to indict or endorse the entire policy.
MADDOX: Let’s better protect our retirement accounts
The truth is, the financial services industry is a crazy quilt of good and bad options.
FERGUSON: Life sciences are powerful economic engine
This is an industry worth protecting, whether for economic reasons or for the benefits to patients worldwide.
HENDERSON: Upping our game in the cyberwar
Until there is corporate liability for breaches, those who can do something about it won’t feel compelled to act—and losses will continue to mount.
STOCKAMP: Sharing economy’s benefits not just financial
Because sharing requires trust, we’re building trust in one another.
BRADY: Don’t ditch rigor with new test
The 23-member panel reviewing new testing options has two potential paths. Members can focus on implementing assessments that offer teachers actionable feedback on student preparedness. Or they can focus on what’s likely to quell anti-testing fervor—whether changing the test’s format, attempting to lower its stakes, or easing its rigor.
GUNDERMAN: Killing higher education by degrees
Merely increasing the number of graduates does not mean anyone is being well-served—not students, faculty, administrators, those footing the educational bill, future employers or society in general.
SULLIVAN: Transit can help Indy reach its potential
Our lack of modern mass transit is a basic obstacle to economic development, quality of life for today’s residents, and our ability to attract new talent to our community.
TWYMAN: Transit provides link to equal opportunities
Transportation barriers can create heightened challenges for marginalized populations, including many young black men.
McROBBIE: Biosciences institute to bring big payoff
The Indiana Biosciences Research Institute's focus on diabetes and metabolic diseases dovetails with one of the IU School of Medicine’s scientific research priorities.
GUNDERMAN: How nourishing is your reading diet?
What was the last influential book you read? For too many Hoosier leaders, the answer is a title from the bookstore’s business or self-help sections.
RICHARDSON: Less talk, more action on culture
I’m going to jump out the window if I hear another person say, “Our culture sucks because HR is not getting it right.”
VIEWPOINT: TIF study is ‘deeply flawed’
One unfortunate consequence of the Ball State University report is its potential to hurt Indiana’s economic development efforts.
HEMPSTEAD: Is Indianapolis ready for the Edge?
What’s critical about modern workspace is having enough technology-rich shared and collaborative spaces so you can do the work that needs to be done.
HARRIS, RAUSCH & BROWN: Focusing on charter quality not new concept
Because of their commitment to quality, both Mayor Peterson and Mayor Ballard were recognized nationally for their stewardship of Indianapolis’ charter schools.
OSILI: Don’t squeeze residents from revived areas
Higher property taxes might not be a good thing to longtime residents who live in communities because they are affordable.
GUY: The myth of ‘my favorite teacher’
Being popular in the classroom does not necessarily translate into being effective.