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Indiana Chamber Study: Merging Small School Districts Could Improve Test Scores
Hoosier school districts with fewer than 2,000 students should consider merging with another small district to reap better test scores, according to a study released last Tuesday. "Students in small school corporations in Indiana, which comprise 20 percent of total...
Chamber’s Report Lands With A Thud Among Rural Southern Indiana Schools
"I've been working on my dissertation," said Travis Madison, Barr-Reeve Superintendent, a school with an enrollment of 850 in Daviess County. "The one thing I know is that you can get whatever answer you want. All you have to do is phrase the question to get...
Bigger Is Not Always Better
by Curt Kovener Size does indeed matter. But bigger is sometimes a detriment. At 6’7” I have difficulty finding clothes. With a size 14 foot, there is also difficulty finding shoes. And I don’t fit in just any vehicle comfortably. But enough about me. The State...
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Solar Eclipse Coming Monday
Next Monday afternoon, Aug. 21, a solar eclipse will briefly darken Crothersville and southern Indiana. While parts of southern Kentucky are in the path of a total eclipse, the local areas should experience about a 93-95% eclipse for less than three minutes sometime...
Child Welfare Check Sends 3 To Jail After Drugs Found
Indiana Conservation Officers, along with the Washington and Scott County Sheriff’s Departments, arrested three people on a multiple drug and weapons charges. Joshua Thomas Purlee, 35, of Floyds Knobs, and Deloris Newton, 58, of Austin, were arrested in Washington...