Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership will be on campus to provide free workshops on issues related to budgeting, credit and successful renting. Dollars and Sense Covers the basic principles of money management and budgeting to help you make the most of your income. Ideal for anyone managing a household budget. Thursday, September 13, 11:30 am… Read more »
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IUPUI Anchor Housing Program has expanded boundaries and increased income limits
The IUPUI Anchor Housing program, designed to assist full-time employees with the purchase or improvement of a home in the neighborhoods around campus, has expanded geographic boundaries and increased income limits to qualify. For those who qualify, the program provides a five-year forgivable loan to IUPUI employees to purchase or repair a home within the… Read more »
Critical Awareness for Equitable School Administration: Discipline
Lisa Clouse, Guest Contributor Einstein once said insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Research has often revealed issues in education grounded in history and exlusion that would benefit from change and, in essence, avoid the insanity of ineffective practice. This applies to many aspects of education… Read more »
What role should we as transformative leaders play?
By Andrea Wilburn, Guest Contributor So…we’ve made it to the end of the semester and we are armed with theories and concepts, and we have an arsenal of impressive words. However, what bothers me is who wrote the articles and how the ones in the field of education authored few to none of these highfaluting… Read more »
Walking the Walk: Portraits in Leadership for Family Engagement in Urban Schools
By Kevin Hillman, Guest Contributor Family and Community engagement are more than “buzz” words when it comes to education. As school leaders, it must be a priority to create and maintain real engagement, which involves going beyond business as usual or the status quo. The first step for many school leaders is changing their deficit… Read more »
Community Schools and its Role in Public Health
Linda Langford, Guest Contributor As a mother of three, I am always in search of ways to multi-task or as my 85 year-old mother says, “Kill two birds with one stone.” Resources are always limited so whenever we can accomplish two goals while using the same resource, it is a definite checkmark in the “Win” column. … Read more »
Discipline, Trauma, and Queer Behavior
By Luke Grim, Guest Contributor My students aren’t typically comfortable. At home, many experience true poverty, abuse and neglect. So if they can escape the cycle of trauma for a few hours a day, they come to school to be loved. They come to build relationships and make connections. Sure, some come just to escape,… Read more »
You Didn’t Mean Not to Either
By Joel Haynie, Guest Contributor “But, Mr. Haynie, I didn’t mean to hurt their feelings” is a sentiment that I frequently hear from students after they have said something in class, usually trying to be funny, but at the cost of another student. Very frequently my response is, “You didn’t mean… Read more »