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The Right Way to Do a Pay Raise
Andrea Neal column for Aug. 31 and thereafter740 words INDIANAPOLIS — In Indiana, the average teacher earns $44,966 a year. A low-level accountant gets $38,122. The average state employee receives $32,461. A part-time legislator, counting salary and expense stipends, makes $45,221. Such salary statistics may explain the typical Hoosier reaction to legislative pay raise proposals.…
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More Mayors Need Chartering Authority
Andrea Neal column for Sept. 7 and thereafter740 words (Note to editors: This is the first of a two-part series. The second part looks at the Ball State charter school experience).INDIANAPOLIS – When the Indiana General Assembly passed a charter school law in 2001, it carved out a unique responsibility for one man: Indianapolis Mayor…
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Ball State Charters Meeting Diverse Need
Andrea Neal column for Sept. 14 and thereafter740 words (Note to editors: This is the second in a two-part series).When the Southwest Sullivan School Corp. closed Graysville Elementary School in a cost-saving move, residents got mad. Then they got creative. Concerned citizens asked Ball State University to sponsor a charter school in their southwest Indiana…