This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters A proposed redesign of Indiana’s high school graduation requirements to emphasize student choice and work-based learning has drawn concerns from educators who say it’s too much change too soon. The plan would offer Indiana students beginning with the class of 2029 […]
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Moms in the Statehouse Share How Motherhood Informs Their Legislative Work
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. Thousands of lawmakers have cycled through the Indiana General Assembly in the last two centuries, but only a fraction have been women — and even fewer among them, moms. More Hoosier women are serving in public office than ever before, bringing with them an important […]
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Contention brews in ongoing Indiana abortion ban lawsuit
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. A three-day bench trial scheduled for later this month will put Hoosier abortion providers and the state attorney general’s office back in court as the battle over Indiana’s near-total abortion ban continues. Already in contention, however, is whether certain testimony and internal hospital documents entered […]
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New ‘Intellectual Diversity’ Law Could Have Major Effects on Indiana Teacher Training
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters In a Ball State classroom on a recent Tuesday, professor Sheron Fraser-Burgess told her class to brace themselves for the “really controversial” argument from their reading: “There’s no such thing as reverse ‘-ism.’ Women can be just as prejudiced as men, […]
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Indiana’s FAFSA Deadline Is One Week Away. Can the State Still Meet Its Application Goal?
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. Just one week out from Indiana’s deadline for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, the latest data shows only about one-third of Hoosier high school seniors have completed the form. That’s despite a new state law that took effect last year requiring […]
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Hammond Sues State Over ‘Lesser Voting Rights’ for Lake County Residents
This story was originally published by The Indiana Citizen. In its fight to let Lake County voters directly elect their superior court judges, the city of Hammond has turned to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge the retention process and is citing the federal district court judge’s own observation that judicial elections […]
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Hoosiers prepare to host total solar eclipse
The day after the August 2017 total solar eclipse spanned the country, Ginger Murphy got a phone call. The Chicago-area caller wanted to reserve 40 rooms at a Hoosier state park lodge for an eclipse due to darken skies above Indiana nearly seven years later. “I went, ‘Huh?’” said Murphy, the Indiana Department of Natural […]
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Inside the Historic Suit That the Gun Industry and Republicans Are on the Verge of Killing
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. As America emerged from the pandemic, communities continued to experience a rising tide of gun violence. School shootings and the rate of children and teens […]
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Here Are the Education Bills Approved by the 2024 Indiana Legislature
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Stricter rules on school attendance, reading proficiency, and cellphone use in the classroom will affect Indiana students and schools beginning next year under legislation passed in the General Assembly’s 2024 session. Lawmakers wrapped the session late Friday, nearly a week earlier […]
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Indiana Set to Enforce Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
Originally published by the Indianapolis Recorder A federal appeals court last month allowed Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care to go into effect, removing a temporary injunction U.S. District Court Judge James Patrick Hanlon issued last year. Senate Bill 480, signed last year by Gov. Eric Holcomb, forbids doctors from performing gender reassignment surgery and prescribing […]