Indiana Supreme Court grills attorneys on both sides of school voucher lawsuit
Indiana's Supreme Court justices on Wednesday grilled attorneys on both sides of the state's school voucher program over whether it meets constitutional muster. The law has so far led to more than...
View ArticleBRIAN HOWEY: Ritz win shows power of social media
There were rumblings this summer and fall that Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett might have a race on his hands.
View ArticleLETTER: Pence shouldn't block Ritz plans
I read somewhere where (columnist) Abdul Hakim-Shabazz was both an actor and a comedian. Oh that's right, it was his own Indiana Barrister website.
View ArticleLETTER: Teachers valued in Ritz plan
Recently the Evansville Courier & Press published yet another letter from an education reformist who chose to deny election night reality. Andrea Neal is the latest to contend that Glenda Ritz's...
View ArticleDAVID COKER: RISE driving teachers out of profession
A schoolteacher friend of mine is very frustrated. After teaching in a Christian private school early in her professional career, a few years ago as a single parent of grown children, she returned to a...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Ritz plans to end pass/fail reform for third-grade readers
One of Indiana's more controversial educational reforms adopted last year will be challenged by the state's incoming superintendent of public instruction, Glenda Ritz. Indeed, in a recent Associated...
View ArticleUPDATE: Tony Bennett applying for state schools chief job in Florida
Just weeks after losing his bid for re-election, outgoing Indiana schools chief Tony Bennett is applying for Florida’s top education position.
View ArticleUPDATE: Longtime Pence aide will serve as chief of staff
Mike Pence’s top congressional aide will transition with him to the Indiana governor’s office, becoming the newly-elected Republican’s first chief of staff.
View ArticleIN RESPONSE: Voters want Ritz to take Indiana education in a new direction
The recent election by Hoosiers of long time educator Glenda Ritz over special-interests backed Tony Bennett was nothing less than inspirational. As a public school educator and the parent of a child...
View ArticleUPDATE: Indiana board approves teacher license changes
A state board has approved changes to Indiana's teacher licensing requirements despite arguments from opponents that the new rules could hurt the quality of classroom instruction.
View ArticleBradner: Board of Education delivers brush back to Ritz
INDIANAPOLIS – Glenda Ritz won November's election, but score December's head-to-head match-up in Tony Bennett's favor – and consider it a sign of what's to come.
View ArticleTeachers wait for Ritz's arrival
Glenda Ritz rallied teachers last month to help her become the first Democrat in decades to win the post of state superintendent of public instruction and now those educators are looking to her for...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Bennett's reforms stressing content getting a chance
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett, defeated after only one term in office, is closing out that term by seeing an improvement in how teachers may be licensed
View ArticleUPDATE: Bennett named new Florida education commissioner
Indiana's recently ousted state school superintendent was hired Wednesday as Florida's new education commissioner.
View ArticleTonght: Michael W. Smith, Owensboro symphony bring songs of season to Ford...
Contemporary Christian singer Michael W. Smith and members of the Owensboro (Ky.) Symphony will bring his zeal for the season and love of rich orchestral sounds to Evansville Friday when his "Celebrate...
View ArticleBennett hired to head Fla. schools
Florida has hired outgoing Indiana schools chief Tony Bennett to be its next state education commissioner.
View ArticleJOHN KRULL: GOP has power, will it exhibit responsibility?
The rhythm of political success stories is almost biblical in its cadences. First there is triumph. Overreaching follows. And, finally, comes the fall. Then the cycle begins again.
View ArticleABDUL HAKIM-SHABAZZ: Mourdock's rise and fall top the 2012 political story list
As tradition dictates, it's time for me to do my top 10 list of Indiana political stories for the year. The criteria are the same as always, magnitude and impact. Yes, it's pretty subjective, but I...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Hoosiers shouldn't be in hurry to scrap Common Core plan
Indiana's utilization of a new school curriculum developed by the nation's governors may be tested before it has a chance to be fully implemented.
View ArticleRitz: No problem with Pence rescinding executive order on board oversight
In addition to signing six new executive orders, new Gov. Mike Pence rescinded one on Monday.
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