Monthly Archives: July 2024

New Laws Go Into Effect in July

July 3, 2024 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Several state laws will go into effect this month, including a law requiring schools in the state to start reading proficiency testing in second grade, and offer tutoring and resources to students at risk of failing the IREAD test. Another law requires the Indiana Dept. of Education to … Read More

A Life With Books

July 3, 2024 | by CJ Woods III

A recent spate of yard sales in my neighborhood proved beneficial to me, but not in terms of the minor purchases I made. Someone on the street where I live put out a pallet piled with books, and as I strolled past the bounty, I saw a note: “Free.” I … Read More

The Liberty Bell In Indianapolis

July 3, 2024 | by Al Hunter

The Liberty Bell is believed to have been brought to Pennsylvania by William Penn, arriving in Philadelphia on September 1, 1752. Its original use was to announce the opening of the Courts of Justice and to call members of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly together. Surprisingly, the main purpose of the … Read More

100 Years Ago: July 5-11

July 3, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, July 9, 1924:  Last night after lengthy discussion, the Indianapolis board of school commissioners, with the approval of schools superintendent Ellis Graff, by a vote of 3 to 2,  rescinded a rule preventing the employment of women teachers with young children and adopted a substitute … Read More