Nearly 4,000 Indiana students seek private school vouchers

2011-09-08T15:30:41Z

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Some 3,778 Indiana students have signed up to receive private school tuition money under a new and controversial state-wide voucher program, with a week to go before a September 16 deadline.

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Indiana teachers sue to halt school voucher program

2011-07-01T17:00:27Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Indiana State Teachers Association filed suit against the state on Friday, asking a court to block implementation of the country's largest private school voucher program.

"There is no question that this law viol...

Indiana legislature approves statewide school voucher program

2011-04-27T15:00:18Z

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Indiana legislature approved bills on Wednesday that would usher in sweeping changes to the state's educational system by creating a statewide private school voucher program and expanding the state's charter school program.

The Republican-controlled House voted 5...

Daylight Savings Hurts Test Scores

2010-11-29T14:48:14Z

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Thunder Over Louisville Fight

2010-11-30T13:56:38Z

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How To Pass the Indiana Bar Exam

2010-11-30T13:18:22Z

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How To Become a Substitute Teacher in Indiana

2010-11-30T13:13:37Z

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How to become a substitute teacher in Indiana

2010-11-29T15:31:52Z

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A guide to college scholarships and grants in Indiana

2010-11-04T15:32:34Z

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How schools take away children's free speech

2010-11-04T15:35:17Z

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Best state colleges and universities in Indiana

2010-11-04T15:31:52Z

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A look at homeschooling laws in Indiana

2010-11-04T15:30:24Z

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Not Just the Death of Some Malls But the Death of a Whole State

2010-11-03T00:19:55Z

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What they did to me

2010-11-02T18:41:21Z

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How do I Calculate Teacher Retirement in Indiana?

2010-10-04T03:09:24Z

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Top 10 Catholic Colleges

2010-09-17T08:24:30Z

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Corrections

2010-11-02T15:43:57Z

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How to Become a Justice of the Peace in Indiana

2010-11-02T14:30:41Z

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Top Ranked Christian Colleges

2010-11-02T14:24:54Z

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Indiana Home Schooling Laws

2010-11-02T14:17:52Z

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New laws for guns, smoking, drinking and texting

2010-06-30T15:45:49Z

New laws ban pythons, loosen gun control, restrict smoking and prohibit texting while driving

July 1 is the effective date in many states for laws passed during this year's legislative sessions. Some of those laws, by topic:

Animals:

_ Florida outlaws personal ownership of Burmese pythons and six other species of large nonnative reptiles, and cracks down on horse thieves to target a

Some states walk away from 'Race to Top' millions

2010-05-31T12:00:21Z

Walking away from millions: 9 states pass on 'Race to the Top' education grant program

About two dozen states are going back to Washington for another shot at billions in education grants under the "Race to the Top" program, but at least nine others with more than 7 million children are opting out of trying a second time.

For them, a chance at hundreds of millions of dollars wasn't enough to overcome the opposition of teachers unions, the wariness of state l...

Md. college to offer midnight psychology class

2010-04-28T16:17:12Z

Md. community college to offer midnight psychology class to meet surging demand

With enrollment surging at community colleges, Anne Arundel Community College is taking a novel approach: midnight classes. The college will offer a psychology class from midnight to 3 a.m. Thursdays this fall. It's being dubbed "Midnight Madness."

The class was dreamed up by Reuters Life!) - Parents looking for the best state school system for their housing dollar should concentrate on the northeast section of the country, particularly Massachusetts, according to a new report.

The state and region scored high marks for top schools in most median house price ranges in a ranking compiled by Forbes.com of U.S. cities and to...

State Homeschool Guidelines

2010-10-27T07:36:22Z

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Top Medical Colleges in Indiana

2010-10-25T11:41:01Z

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Medical Universities & Colleges in Indiana

2010-10-25T11:39:34Z

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Colleges in Evansville, Indiana

2010-10-25T11:39:35Z

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17 states to fight dismal college completion rates

2010-03-02T14:45:13Z

17 states join efforts to increase college completion rates by 2020

More than a dozen states have formed an alliance to battle dismal college completion rates and figure out how to get more students to follow through and earn their diplomas.

Stan Jones, Indiana's former commissioner for higher education, is leading the effort with about $12 million in startup mo...

Online Schools in Indiana

2010-10-25T08:07:11Z

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Even in the virtual world, men judge women on looks

2010-10-25T08:00:43Z

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With state cutbacks in K-12 funding looming, schools search for answers

2010-10-05T22:41:44Z

When Rockville Schools superintendent Randy Kerkhoff contemplates cutbacks in the number of central office administrators, his choices are ?me, myself and I.?

It?s not really an option in this small, rural district. ?I?m the only one,? he said.

But with state cutbacks in K-12 funding looming, he is looking for other ways to cut the budget ? and everything remains on the table, including possible reductions in force.

Gov. Mitch Daniels said last week he will cu...

New Ind. state revenue forecast $1.83B lower

2010-06-25T19:19:44Z

New Ind. revenue forecast predicts tax collections in budget cycle to be $1.83 billion lower

Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday he will cut state spending on public schools by at least $300 million given a new revenue forecast that predicts Indiana government will take $1.8 billion less than what lawmakers thought when passing a two-year budget.

That spending...

How to Homeschool and Not Feel Guilty

2010-10-22T08:28:19Z

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News briefs

2010-10-22T11:27:19Z

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New Computer Network Linking Indiana Campuses

2010-10-22T11:10:00Z

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Tougher High School Classes Urged by Indiana College

2010-10-22T11:02:42Z

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Arkansas Scholarship Program Boosts School Enrollment

2010-10-22T10:38:13Z

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Caleb Mills

2010-10-22T10:24:31Z

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Do State Science Standards Matter

2010-10-22T08:57:49Z

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A New NSRC Collaboration Works to Overhaul Science Education in Indiana

2010-11-03T09:27:53Z

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Purdue: Admissions Q&A

2010-04-16T15:37:09Z

Brenda L. Knebel, admissions director at Purdue University's Krannert School of Management, has worked at Purdue since 1995. During that time the West Lafayette [Ind.] school has undergone a lot of c...

Schools think long-term as college donating falls

2010-04-16T17:05:06Z

Changing mission for tough times: College fundraisers look to raise money, without hard sell

The legions of fundraisers colleges hired during the boom years have a new mission for these tough economic times: Go easy on the hard sell. Talk about financial aid, not shiny new buildings. If prospects can't give now, lay the groundwork for when the economy recovers.

Victoria Gorrell, the head fundraiser at Slackers beware: Higher ed planners want more degrees in 4 years at Indiana-supported schools

College slackers in Indiana, beware: Educators want you to earn your degrees in four years or less or it might cost your schools some of their state support.

A new strategic plan for state-supported colleges and universities presented Monday by the Freshman fraternity pledge found dead at college frat house in Indiana; alcohol suspected

Police in Indiana say a college freshman was found dead over the weekend in his fraternity house and suspect that alcohol was involved.

Officials say 18-year-old Johnny D. Smith had pledged to the Delta Tau Delta...

6 states to design own plans for fixing schools

2010-08-25T13:28:59Z

Education Dept. allowing 6 states to design their own plans for fixing ailing schools

Six states are getting the OK to write their own prescriptions for ailing schools under the Bush administration's signature education law.

It's a softening from how No Child Left Behind currently works — with schools having to take certain steps at specific times for missing math and reading t...

Ohio St Indiana Basketball

2010-12-31T17:31:34Z

Ohio State guard William Buford (44) drives to the basket against Indiana forward Tom Pritchard (25) during the first half of an NCA...

CORRECTION Kentucky Missing Ingredient Basketball

2010-12-10T15:01:41Z

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2009, file photo, Kentucky head coach John Calipari, right, talks to forward Darius Miller (1) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game agai...

Savannah St Indiana Basketball

2010-12-09T11:00:39Z

Indiana guard Jordan Hulls (1) is defended by Savannah State guard Richard Conner (24) and forward Joshua Montgomery (12) during the second half of an Rabbi Yehoshua Chincholker pauses as he talks about the recents vandalism to the Chabad House Jewish Student Center in Bloomington, Ind., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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Indiana New Coach Football

2010-12-07T17:01:30Z

Kevin Wilson, left, is introduced by Indiana University Athletic Director Fred Glass as the new Indiana football coach during a news conference in Bloomington, Ind., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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