Let go, but stay close
“Mom, stay right here.” That was my daughter’s request every time she climbed onto her bicycle. For the longest time, learning to ride wasn’t really about learning to ride. It…
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From the desk of Hamilton Heights Superintendent Dr. Derek Arrowood
Update No. 179 Our partners at the Indiana School Boards Association (ISBA) recently hosted a webinar on the Efficiency Scan & Fiscal Analysis of Indiana School Corporations, highlighting a new…
Plenty of real food choices as winter nears
“To everything there is a season … a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1,2 KJV (paraphrased) After some consideration for…
America’s AI boom has a blue-collar challenge
By SEN. ROB PORTMAN Guest Columnist America’s artificial intelligence future may depend as much on electricians, welders, and construction workers as it does on software engineers. Technology companies are investing…
All that glitters . . .
Long time readers may recall my husband John and I opened an Airbnb apartment above our garage last spring. Despite its rocky start, we’ve been pleased to work together running…
Suffering and God
Hear this! God does NOT cause pain and suffering! Being human does. And sometimes, we can cause our own worse suffering. We “expect” God to do something about our problems…
The Sydney marathon
WOW! Sydney, you were a tough one. We knew going into this fifth world marathon major that it was going to be challenging for my husband with the duo bike….
Appreciating Mr. Chuck Sears
By CAROLINE BOLYARD & AUDREY WEIR Sheridan High School Students Editor’s note: The Sheridan Student Column is brought to readers by Sheridan High School’s Accelerated English 9 class, taught by…
Fewer ‘hold on’ moments, more breakthroughs: What Indiana classrooms really need
By JOSH HEIDEMAN Guest Columnist During an independent reading lesson, I bounced from student to student. Every few steps, a student needed my attention. One required help decoding a difficult…
Bell to bell
What Indiana’s phone law has changed inside one high school By CHARLOTTE LAWRENCE Guest Columnist Around the middle of second block my hand goes toward a pocket that’s empty, and…