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Lawmakers put academic freedom under attack
Indiana is the latest state in a nationwide movement to legislate racism.
The unrelenting conversation about Senate Bill 202
The conversation about Senate Bill 202 – an Indiana higher education reform measure passed by the General Assembly and awaiting consideration by Gov. Eric Holcomb – isn’t letting up, for sure. Evidence: Check this week’s episode of “Indiana Lawmakers,” a weekly WFYI panel interview where state Sen.
Flashpoint: SB 202: What exactly is 'intellectual diversity?'
A great deal of the discussion around Senate Bill 202 in the Indiana General Assembly has focused on its impact on university faculty, potentially the loss of tenure. But, with apologies to my friends in the academy, that is not the most important and most dangerous provision of the bill. The central revision of current law in SB 202 takes all instances of the phrase cultural diversity and modifies them to read cultural and intellectual diversity. On the face of it, that seems a harmless addition.
Senate Bill 202: What Exactly is “Intellectual Diversity?” Original
by Russ Skiba, Indiana Capital Chronicle February 19, 2024 A great deal of the discussion around Senate Bill 202 has focused on its impact on university faculty, potentially the loss of tenure. But, with apologies to my friends in the academy, that is not the most important and most dangerous provision of the bill. The central revision of current law in SB 202 takes all instances of the phrase cultural diversity and modifies them to read cultural and intellectual diversity.
COMMENTARY - Third grade retention: to understand its effects, look at all the data
Few moments in the rites of passage through childhood are as important as the news of whether one is promoted to the next grade or retained another year in one’s current grade. Ask any parent about the exhilaration and feeling of accomplishment accompanying news that your child is promoted, or the traumatic child and family impact upon learning that student has been retained.
Third grade retention: to understand its effects, look at all the data
Few moments in the rites of passage through childhood are as important as the news of whether one is promoted to the next grade or retained another year in one’s current grade. Ask any parent about the exhilaration and feeling of accomplishment accompanying news that your child is promoted, or the traumatic child and family impact upon learning that student has been retained.
Russ Skiba, Author at Indiana Capital Chronicle
Few moments in the rites of passage through childhood are as important as the news of whether one is promoted to the next grade or retained another year in one’s current grade. Ask any parent about the exhilaration and feeling of accomplishment accompanying news that your child is promoted, or the traumatic child and family […]
Column: Good luck to Bloomington's council newcomers, to make change you'll need it
Russ Skiba Guest columnist Allow me to offer my congratulations and, more importantly, my condolences to the two newcomers to the Bloomington City Council, Isak Asare and Shruti Rana, and to the third newcomer, Hopi Stosberg, who will face a Republican challenger this fall. They all ran tough and fair campaigns, pledging to bring civility and responsiveness back to city government in Bloomington. Best wishes to them.
Opinion: ‘Get tough’ approaches won’t improve school safety in Gwinnett
In moments like these, there are two available paths. One is to carefully consider all the options and advance programs that have truly been shown to make schools safer. The other, unfortunately, is to respond with fear and panic, demanding quick fixes through practices like zero tolerance or increased school policing — practices that have never been shown to be effective, and in fact may harm students.
Op-Ed: Revamped HB 1134 is nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing, fangs and all
One narrative that has emerged in the wake of Sen. Linda Rogers amendments to HB 1134 is that Indiana’s “anti-CRT” bill has been so watered down that it no longer represents a threat to teachers, civil rights, or student mental health—one recent IndyStar columneven called it “defanged.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Despite a cosmetic makeover that might well be described as putting sheep’s clothing over a wolf, little or nothing has changed in this bill.
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