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Editorials

  • A needed change in county policy
    If the state’s administration of its ethics guidelines suffers under a just-granted waiver, the administration of Allen County’s policies appears to benefit from some just-instituted changes.
  • Erratic on ethics
    Indiana has never enjoyed a reputation for strong ethics rules. So it was promising when then-Gov. Mitch Daniels instituted guidelines that seemed to raise the bar.
  • Righting the ISTEP harm
    A legislative committee will meet Friday to hear testimony on the computer problems that disrupted standardized testing for thousands of Indiana students this spring, compromising the results of test scores used to evaluate teachers, schools and
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First take

Education commission meets

The Indiana Select Commission on Education meets at 1 p.m. today at the Statehouse. Unlike that of the two previous meetings, the meeting’s agenda provides for no formal participation by Indiana Department of Education representatives. It specifies only public testimony about rules adopted by the State Board of Education to assign letter grades to schools and districts.

The meeting will be broadcast over the Internet at http://www.in.gov/legislative/2441.htm

Gregg speaks at Boys State

As delegates stream into Fort Wayne today for Saturday’s state Democratic convention, the party’s likely nominees for statewide office are making appearances in the area.

Gubernatorial candidate John Gregg spoke at the Hoosier Boys State Convention at Trine University in Angola this morning, and Glenda Ritz, candidate for superintendent of public instruction, will be endorsed this afternoon by Rep. Win Moses, D-Fort Wayne.

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