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Sen. Lugar Pushes Reading Bill
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Indiana Senator Richard Lugar wants to nudge schools away from experimenting when it comes to reading.
IBM Opens Facility On IUPUI Campus
(INDIANAPOLIS) - IBM has opened a 3.8-million-dollar facility at IUPUI.
Taylor University Chapel To Honor Fallen Students
(UPLAND) - Taylor University plans to use prayer to mark the start of construction of a memorial chapel to honor four students and a staff member who died in a truck crash.
Meningitis Outbreak Forces Schools To Take Precautions
(ZIONSVILLE) - A least 14 cases of viral meningitis among central Indiana students are causing school officials to take extra precautions to stop the spread of the illness.
Retired Teachers To Help Children Appear In Court
(UNDATED) - The Indiana Retired Teachers Association has formed a partnership with CASA, a group of court-appointed special advocates who help children that must appear in court.
IU To Implement System Wide Communication System
(BLOOMINGTON) - You have 1 new message…from Indiana University!
Reading And Math Scores Improve Across Indiana
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indiana’s 4th and 8th graders outscored the national average in reading and math on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the nation’s report card.
Teach For America Hits IPS Schools
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Teach For America is coming to the Indianapolis Public Schools.
Purdue Emergency Notification System A Success, Says Director
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Purdue is calling its emergency text and e-mail notification test a success.
Tri-State University Changes Name To Honor Alumnus
(ANGOLA) - Tri-State University will have a new name in 2009.
Purdue To Test Messaging System For Emergency Information
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Purdue University will test a text messaging system today in an effort to more quickly get emergency information out to students, faculty and staff.
IU President Begins Drafting Master Plan For Campuses
(BLOOMINGTON) - Indiana University’s president wants to create master plans that could guide future expansions of the school’s Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses.
Mud Volleyball Tradition Continues At Rose-Hulman Institute
(TERRE HAUTE) - Students at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology took a break from studying engineering and math to participate in a messy annual tradition of mud volleyball.
E. Coli Strikes Indiana School
(NEW ALBANY) - E. Coli has sickened at least one student at an Indiana school.
Fort Wayne Bus Drivers Wait For Raises
(FORT WAYNE) - The Fort Wayne Community School Board will vote Monday whether to give bus drivers past-due raises.
U.S. Education Secretary Tours Indy Facilities
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indianapolis officials got a chance today to show off a top school and the city’s Children’s Museum to the U.S. Secretary of Education.
Indiana Children Help Break Guinness Book World Record
(UNDATED) - Indiana children Thursday helped shatter the largest shared reading record for the Guinness Book of World Records.
Some Purdue Internet Users To Receive Letters From RIAA
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - 47 more users of the Purdue University internet network soon will begin receiving letters of threatened legal action from the Recording Industry Association of America.
School Overcrowding Concerns Parents
(EVANSVILLE) - Where do you place 11-hundred students in a school built to only hold 700?
Purdue To Dedicate Neil Armstrong Hall Of Engineering
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Purdue University will today dedicate the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering.
ISTEP Testing Process Could Change
(UNDATED) - As students across Indiana participate in ISTEP testing this week, the state is looking at a proposal that might change how the tests are given.
Students Prepare For ISTEP Testing
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Students across Indiana in grades three through ten are taking the ISTEP tests this week. Indianapolis Public Schools spokeswoman Mary Louise Bewley says students at some schools began testing today, others will start tomorrow.
Ball State's First Amendment Survey Released
(MUNCIE) - Ball State’s annual constitution day survey on the first amendment finds more students supporting free speech — especially when it affects them directly.
Purdue To Test Text Messaging System
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Purdue University will launch research on the newest form of mass communication - text messaging on September 24th.
Purdue Teams Up With South Korean Nano-Tech Experts
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Purdue researchers are teaming with experts from South Korea to use microscopic devices to simultaneously diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer.
ISTEP Testing Underway
(UNDATED) - It’s ISTEP time. Over the next two weeks, students throughout the state will be taking the exams.
Scieneport Launches At Children's Mueseum
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has launched a new science program which seeks to interweave museum exhibits with its website.
Purdue's Krannert School of Management Celebrates 50 Years
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management will next month celebrate its 50th anniversary during homecoming weekend.
Indiana State Museum Acquires Rare Mastodon Skeleton
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The Indiana State Museum has announced the acquisition of one of the most complete mastodon skeletons found.
Schools Should Promote Civic Duty
(UNDATED) - Indiana educators say schools need to take the lead in prodding students to take their civic responsibilities seriously.
Purdue Tops Latino Grads List
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Hispanic Business Magazine rates Purdue one of the best schools in the country for Latino grad students in engineering.
Underground Railroad History Group Visits Conference
(UNDATED) - A group that works to document Indiana’s underground railroad history is in Georgetown, Kentucky this week for the friends of the Network to Freedom Association inaugural conference.
State Law Mandates Financial Goals For Schools
(FERDINAND) - A state law passed this year requires each school corporation within the state to adopt a set of financial goals.
Purdue Students Information Leaked On Internet
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Purdue University is informing 111 people who were students in the fall of 2004 that information about them was inadvertently on the internet.
IU Bloomington Campus Sets Attendance Record
(BLOOMINGTON) - Indiana University announced its second largest system-wide enrollment ever on Friday.
IU Launches YouTube Campaign To Attract New Students
(BLOOMINGTON) - “Hello, my name is Indiana University,” that’s the name of IU’s new youtube.com ad campaign.
Communications Building Bears Letterman's Name
(MUNCIE) - David Letterman is returning to his alma mater Friday.
IU To Offer PhD In Food Anthropology
(BLOOMINGTON) - The Anthropology Department at Indiana University Bloomington is offering a tasty new doctoral degree…in the anthropology of food.
Purdue Develops Cancer Detecting Laser
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Purdue researchers say they’ve developed a laser that can detect cancer.
IPS Issues Special Dress Code Waivers
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Only students who have been issued special waivers will be allowed to avoid Indianapolis Public Schools’ new dress code Tuesday when the district begins enforcing the policy for all of its 36 thousand students.
Study Shows Abstinence Only Programs Not Effective
(UNDATED) - A national study says abstinence-only programming in sexuality education is non-effective among America’s young people.
Anti-Hazing Hotline Up And Running
(UNDATED) - It’s a new way to combat an old problem. The anti-hazing hotline is now up and running.
No Cellphone Use For Spencer Bus Drivers
(SPENCER) - Members of the North Spencer school board hope to reduce the chances of an accident taking place on a school bus by giving the green light for a new policy. That policy—severely limiting the use of cell phones.
Homework Hotline Available To Students
(TERRE HAUTE) - Starting Sunday, students from around the state will be able to get help with their math and science homework thanks to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’S Homework Hotline.
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