For the past few weeks I've been keeping an eye out for "vote yes" and "vote no" yard signs and Facebook posts. As I drove around town Sunday afternoon, I saw about twice as many "vote no" yard signs as I saw ones that said "vote yes." I was driving mostly through the county, so … Continue reading Yes or No: A Community Dividing Question (Editorial)
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Something Stinks: A Concerning Pattern in Education
If you get the majority of your information about the performance of our local schools from the newspaper, then you might think things are going pretty well. Here's a handful of quotes the paper has printed about school corporation test results over the past few years, Vigo County School Corp. third-graders outperformed the state and … Continue reading Something Stinks: A Concerning Pattern in Education
The Power of Fear
An acquaintance of mine recently suggested that “active shooter drills” in schools are just like the Cold War, except the Soviets are us. His comment reminded me of a news story I had just seen. A middle school in Florida partnered with their local police department in conducting a real-life active shooter drill, with police … Continue reading The Power of Fear