(INDIANAPOLIS) — As Indiana grapples with a renewed surge in cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the coronavirus, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and the Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA) are urging Hoosier organizations and individuals to redouble virus mitigation efforts. The strategies to accomplish this imperative are not new. They are the same methods government and public health officials [...]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — The Indiana Chamber of Commerce comments on Gov. Eric Holcomb today selecting the state’s first secretary of education, Katie Jenner, who currently serves as his senior education advisor. Jason Bearce, Indiana Chamber vice president of education and workforce development: “The Indiana Chamber has long supported making Indiana’s top education official an appointed position so the Governor has [...]
Senate Bill 223 (Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA), authored by Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) died this week after not receiving a hearing by the House Education Committee. The bill was the casualty of consternation between the House and Senate sponsors on language amended into another bill, but the relevant language remains in play headed into the [...]
SB 2 – School Accountability, authored by Sen. Jeff Raatz (R-Richmond) HB 1001 – School Accountability, authored by Rep. Dale DeVon (R-Granger) HB 1002 – Teacher Evaluations, authored by Rep. Tony Cook (R-Cicero) Chamber position: Oppose The latest: Senate Bill 2 passed unanimously by the Senate Education and Career Committee (12-0). Meanwhile, HB 1001 and HB 1002 also passed unanimously by [...]
A School Accountability Panel created by state lawmakers during the 2019 legislative session approved a set of recommendations this week that could lead to significant changes in how Indiana grades the performance of its local high schools moving forward. Co-chaired by two members of the State Board of Education, the 15-member panel was charged with looking beyond the traditional [...]
With the Colts kicking off this weekend, let’s try a football-themed approach to financial meeting information. Team Fiscal will take on many of its toughest opponents this season. The opener, last Thursday, saw them face a perennial threat to the state budget: Medicaid expenditures. This month, the Fiscal Policy Committee team will wrangle with a multi-dimensional foe: regional development [...]
Students in the coming generations follow trends in step with their peers. That means students in Indiana will likely follow a current trend affecting national education – the rejection of the traditional general MBA degree. "The very nature of work is changing … so the way we educate and train future leaders and employees will have to change in parallel." [...]
By Jason Bearce, vice president of education and workforce development * PDF version available for printing * With strong backing from the Indiana Chamber, state lawmakers doubled down on proposals aimed at better retaining Indiana’s classroom teachers, skilling up Hoosier workers and promoting closer alignment between the state’s education and employment sectors. Teachers Are Head of the Class … [...]
House Bill 1404 (School Accountability) and Senate Bill 420 (Workforce Development) failed to make it through the third reading deadlines in both houses this week. The former urged the State Board of Education to include “postsecondary outcome” measures like student enrollment in postsecondary education/training programs and completion of industry-recognized credentials in the state’s A-F school accountability system as a [...]
A new survey from Inside Higher Ed shows a divide along institutional lines over the question of whether two-year colleges should offer bachelor’s degrees. About half of the states currently enable those institutions to award the degrees. Perhaps unsurprisingly, community college and university presidents are deeply divided over the idea. Sixty-eight percent of presidents at public and private four-year [...]
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