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Inaugural Career Ready Season to Kick Off in April
Indiana’s Career Ready campaign (formerly KnowHow2GOIndiana) takes place each April through July, with real-world advice and practical experiences to help students prepare for their future careers....
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A Day to Remember in Evansville
Armed with my Starbuck’s latte, I stepped out into the cold. It was mid-January and I was headed to Evansville to conduct interviews for our education/workforce development issue of BizVoice® magazine....
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Engineering and Business: Collaboration in Education
This post from Earl D. Brooks II, Ph.D., president of Trine University and member of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce board of directors, originally appeared in Inside INdiana Business. The rapidly...
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Vincennes University Partners to Help Bridge Skills Gap
Business is good at Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. (SIA) in Lafayette. The plant is expanding, with production of the Impreza set to begin in late 2016. But there’s a speed bump fast approaching...
View ArticleVIDEO: A Look at the Promise Indiana Initiative
Clint Kugler of the Wabash County YMCA discusses the Promise Indiana Initiative. The initiative is helping boost college savings accounts and cultivating a fresh approach to education in the state....
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Critical Connections: Team Effort a Must for Student Success
Andy Allen, Batesville High School principal, slides into a desk in an empty English classroom and tells the story of a top student who learned after two days of a mentorship program at the local...
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A Look Back at the Legislative Session: Some Major Accomplishments and a Few...
Meaningful long-sought accomplishments mixed with a few missed opportunities and one highly unfortunate detour quickly tell the tale of the 2015 legislative session. The Key Victories The state’s...
View ArticleEmployer Survey Results: Companies Anticipate Growth, Lack Workforce Needed
An annual Indiana Chamber of Commerce statewide workforce survey reinforces a common theme: Indiana companies are prepared to grow, but nearly three-quarters of the 526 respondents report that filling...
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Purdue Charter School to Help Inner-City Students
Purdue University President Mitch Daniels has called the low number of Indianapolis Public School students who are prepared for success at Purdue “unacceptable.” In an effort to combat this, Purdue is...
View ArticleVIDEO: A Look at the Latest Indiana Vision 2025 Report Card
Indiana Chamber President Kevin Brinegar discusses the latest Indiana Vision 2025 Report Card, which was just released this month. The state’s highlights include improved reading and math test scores...
View ArticleIndiana Schools Earn Campus Technology Innovators Awards
Campus Technology, one of the top information sources for higher education news, recently presented its annual Innovators Awards. Four of the 12 national awards presented went to universities in the...
View ArticleA-F School Grades and Accountability Debate Continues
The newly-redesigned Indiana State Board of Education (SBOE) met recently for the second time this year with what seemed to be very little fireworks and drama. However, there was a very serious and...
View ArticleTeachers Deserve (and Need) Our Support
This column by Indiana Chamber VP of Education and Workforce Development Policy Caryl Auslander originally appeared in Inside INdiana Business. As we near the beginning of a new school year, what...
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Internships are Critical to the Education to Employment Transition
This column by Janet Boston, executive director of Indiana INTERNnet, first appeared in Inside INdiana Business. “The No. 1 priority for Indiana must be a re-evaluation and reinvestment in our people,...
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New High School Diploma Requirements Ready for Next Round of Approvals
Earlier this summer, the Indiana Career Council met and heard an update on the draft plan for new high school diplomas, which would be set to begin in 2018. In order to simplify the process, the draft...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Truth About the Teacher Shortage
Indiana Chamber President Kevin Brinegar sheds some light on the teacher shortage — across the state and the nation — and corrects some misconceptions.
View ArticleAttorney General Rules on A-F Grades for 2015
In July, we discussed Superintendent Glenda Ritz and the Department of Education’s (DOE) position on suspending A-F grades for 2014-2015, or potentially utilizing a “hold harmless” proposal that would...
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Charter Schools Being Shortchanged in Federal Poverty Aid
Despite no change in student population, many charter schools across the state are experiencing a sharp decline of federal Title 1 funding, with little to no explanation from the DOE. Title I funding...
View ArticleRemarks on Indiana’s Scores on ‘National Report Card’ for Student Achievement
Indiana Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kevin Brinegar reacts to the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scoring or “national report card” on student achievement: “Hoosier...
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Teacher Shortage Concerns at Forefront of Interim Study Group
A popular phrase in Indiana these days is the term “teacher shortage.” So much so that the Indiana General Assembly leadership asked the Education Interim Study Committee to schedule an extra meeting...
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