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  1. Food for thought on why we have gone down the road we have gone down:

    http://hoosiervoices.blogspot.com/2013/03/connecting-dots-alectoindiana-part1.html
    March 25, 2013 7:12 am on Some educators question new teacher permit
  2. Lake Central High School is also a participant. Good luck to all!
    March 15, 2013 4:59 am on Local teams prep for state Science Olympiad
  3. All forms are available online. If you do not have the internet at home, you can use the computers at the library and print them off. With the government in so much debt, it is cheaper for people to either e-file or print off what forms they need rather than spend money on postage or paper that will never be used.
    March 14, 2013 4:58 am on Libraries don't have good supply of federal tax forms
  4. How about increasing the personal exemption on the state taxes? I read in this paper that it has been at $1000 since the late 1960s!
    March 08, 2013 4:56 am on DOUG ROSS: No sale on tax cut before research
  5. No, Sheila, if your son is having trouble finding work, then enroll the students in public schools. Plenty of services are available there that will help low-income families. You can also help by helping focus your grandchildren on getting a good education no matter where they attend.

    I abhor the fact that public dollars are being funneled to private schools. I wonder if you are against other forms of welfare but think this is just the greatest.
    March 07, 2013 5:49 am on Expanding voucher program will make life easier
  6. $15000 is a lot of money for a volleball net. What does that include? Just the net? Stands? The floor receptacles?

    Also, if Lowell is like other Indiana public schools, the athletic department raises their funds privately for such disbursement. Unless the school board approved such a purchase from their capital projects funds, the only person you should be mad at is your band booster program.

    Programs are not cheap to support, but it takes effort and diligence to pay for what is needed and/or desired.
    February 04, 2013 4:45 am on Funding balance unfair at Lowell High School
  7. Realops, what is important to know are all of the laws in place regarding education. How well does one of these "adjuncts" know what has to happen regarding special education, student safety, or privacy laws, lest the school get sued? Those are things that cannot wait until a teacher takes a class a year into their teaching to learn.

    Additionally, being able to understand how people learn is also important. I have had plenty of professors who knew their content, but had no idea how to teach. So the "adjunct" policy even at the college level isn't the best idea.
    December 10, 2012 4:55 am on EDITORIAL: New teachers should learn how to teach
  8. Just checked their website. Admins pay what staffers pay. So it's equal across the board. And I don't believe that the school board gets any coverage. So overall there isn't really a story here.
    November 13, 2012 3:27 pm on Lake Central staffers' insurance costs going up
  9. The program at Purdue Cal is actually pretty strong. They have gotten national recognition for their quality control elements. The technology they use leaves something to be desired, but the programs themselves are of very high quality.

    Charge $100 per credit hour and have the state live up to its obligation for funding and this won't be an issue.
    November 12, 2012 5:23 am on Purdue Cal chancellor questions expanding dual credit program
  10. This is for all employees. There is no separate schedule for older/existing employees. The big question is whether administrators are pay the same that teachers pay.
    November 12, 2012 5:12 am on Lake Central staffers' insurance costs going up
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