Stomping on discussion of Jesus doesn't work

Recently, a professor ordered students to write "Jesus" on a paper, place it on the floor and stomp it. One student refused. He was threatened with suspension. The university defended the professor as creating "open dialogue."

GUEST COMMENTARY: Voucher proponents showed true colors

This month, champions of the “limited” private school voucher system showed their true colors.

Trouble ahead for plan giving school vouchers to siblings

INDIANAPOLIS | A top Senate Republican appeared ready Wednesday to kill legislation intended to increase the availability of private school vouchers.

List of public school distributions of voucher savings

Region graduation rates, 2009 - 2011

Indiana's graduation rate improved to 85.7 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, increasing 1.6 percent over last year and 4.3 percent over the 2009 rate. This is the highest graduation rate Hoosier students have achieved since the state began measuring the four-year cohort graduation rate i…

EDITORIAL: Learn from Indiana's Four Star schools

So much attention is paid to education's five-alarm fires -- the worst schools -- that wrong impressions about Indiana's schools can be created. The excellent schools need recognition, too.

Lawmaker proposes registering home-schooled students

SPRINGFIELD | Parents of home-schooled children would have to register their kids with the state under a proposal that could be debated in the Illinois Senate in coming weeks.

Society needs to discuss commitment from students

After reading your article "Public schools play the villain in ‘Waiting for Superman'," I am struck by yet another oversimplification of the problems with public schools.