Two Indiana counties are lifting their local mask mandates after federal health officials eased mask-wearing guidance for those fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Carson, Spartz Take Different Approaches to Honoring Police
WASHINGTON, D.C. Two Indiana representatives spoke of the U.S. House floor during a special hour for National Police Week Wednesday. Both Andre Carson and Victoria Spartz chose to honor law enforcement officers. Carson also advocated for police reforms.
“Though nothing can bring back the lives that have been lost or ease the collective grief that we feel, we take comfort in knowing that we will never for get them for the sacrifices they made,” said Carson (D), a former police officer.
He mentioned specifically Indianapolis Metro Police Officer Breann Leath, shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call in April 2020.
Ivy Tech, Marian Announce Partnership to Create Express Lane to Teaching Degrees
(SOUTHPORT, Ind.) – Two Indiana colleges are teaming up on an effort to recruit more teachers, by making a teaching degree more affordable.
The new partnership between Ivy Tech and Marian University will allow students to take their first two years of base-level classes at lower-cost Ivy Tech, then complete their degree at Marian. They’ll then be able to get their required master’s degree from Marian at no additional charge.
Secretary of Education Katie Jenner says just one in six students who pursue a teaching degree end up in an Indiana classroom, while more than half don’t finish their degree at all. She says making affordability less of a barrier is one step toward shoring up Indiana’s pipeline of new teachers.