StateImpact Indiana: Deaf Education
by Gretchen Frazee
March 30, 2012
Members of the deaf community have long debated whether deaf students should use medical hearing devices and be mainstreamed into the hearing culture or whether they should be enrolled in schools that provide a more specialized education and promote the use of sign language. As StateImpact Indiana’s Gretchen Frazee reports, that debate has come to... More »
Lugar settles with election board and will re-register to vote
by Brandon Smith
March 30, 2012
US Senator Richard Lugar will re-register to vote after his right to vote in Indiana’s primary was denied by the Marion County election board. As Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith reports, today’s decision was part of a legal agreement that kept the issue from being decided in court. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] More »
Ball State students hear about Holocaust from survivor
by Virginia Stigall
March 29, 2012
A Holocaust survivor who spent years as a toddler in a Romanian concentration camp spoke to students at Ball State University yesterday. IPR’s Virginia Stigall reports. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] More »
State will hold public meetings on high school class basketball system
by Brandon Smith
March 29, 2012
The public will get to weigh in whether to restore Indiana high school basketball to a single-class system. As Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith reports, the Indiana High School Athletics Association announced a series of town meetings today. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Here is a full list of the scheduled town meetings. ... More »
Commission for Higher Education wants more Hoosiers to have college degrees
by Brandon Smith
March 28, 2012
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education wants sixty percent of Hoosier adults to have some sort of post-secondary certificate or degree by 2025. As Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brandon Smith reports, the Commission unveiled its strategic plan today at a meeting of the Education Roundtable. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] More »
“Caught in the Middle” author speaks about globalism in Muncie
by IPR News
March 27, 2012
When former Chicago Tribune reporter Richard Longworth featured Muncie in his book Caught in the Middle: America’s Heartland in the Age of Globalism, he might not have expected to speak about globalism in Muncie. But when the book was chosen as this year’s Big Read, Longworth brought his message to this former factory town. IPR’s... More »
StateImpact Indiana: Special Education Teaching Licenses
by Kyle Stokes
March 26, 2012
Becoming a teacher is no longer a simple matter of earning an education degree. College graduates are taking more alternative tracks into teaching that don’t involve going back to school for another four years. But some colleges of education worry a change to Indiana’s teacher licensing rules could make it too easy to earn credentials... More »
BSU women’s basketball coach resigns
by IPR News
March 21, 2012
Ball State University has announced this afternoon that head women’s basketball coach Kelly Packard has resigned, effective on March 30th. Director of Athletics Tom Collins says Packard has been a great role model for her student-athletes. Packard guided the Lady Cardinals to a 58-68 overall four-season record. In 2008-2009, she led Ball State to its... More »
Ball State dedicates geothermal project
by Sarah Phinney
March 21, 2012
Ball State University marked completion of the first phase of its massive geothermal project Tuesday with a ceremony on campus. As IPR’s Sarah Phinney reports, school leaders touted the benefits of the system and explained what comes next. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] More »
Poverty Awareness: Taking Luck of the Draw’s Challenge
by Marcus Jackman
March 20, 2012
IPR’s Marcus Jackman accepted a challenge from Teamwork for Quality Living in their poverty simulation called “Luck of the Draw.” For Poverty Awareness Week last week, media members from the community drew random tasks to help them understand the challenges of living in poverty. In this personal commentary, Jackman reflects on his task — visiting... More »
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