The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.'s latest initiative seems to have made an early impact on high school students.
Tuesday officials from EVSC and local food processing company AmeriQual along with students from RAMP — Real-World Application; Maximizing Potential — spoke about the new work-based learning program's success since its launch in August.
Read MoreFor the seventh consecutive semester, graduate enrollment at the University of Southern Indiana has increased to record-setting growth while overall enrollment decreased by 2.6 percent.
Since 2016, graduate student numbers have surpassed those established in USI's 54-year history. And now at 1,537 graduate students, graduate enrollment has increased 6.1 percent compared to last year.
Read MoreEvansville Vanderburgh School Corp. superintendent David Smith said although raw data from the ILEARN results may not have looked positive, schools in the district have improved remarkably.
During Monday’s school board meeting, Smith told the board and those attending the meeting that the district’s test results have steadily increased since 2010, as he cited the EVSC’s placement among other public and private schools in the region.
Read MoreLarry Miller's eyes widened as he witnessed the ribbon cutting of the new Ascension St. Vincent YMCA Downtown on Thursday afternoon.
For Miller, who said he helped build the former Downtown YMCA, the ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house symbolized something beyond the building's updated features and freshly buffed floors.
Read MoreTesting stress isn't limited to just the day of the exam. Parents, students and teachers report an impact from standardized tests like the ISTEP and ILEARN for months leading up to the exam and even afterward.
One Evansville parent even considered opting her son out of the ILEARN last year because it caused so much anxiety and turmoil for her son.
Read MoreThe day was filled with tokens of remembrance from Ohio University’s past, as current students and alumni reflected on the memorable moments in the Convocation Center since its opening on Dec. 3, 1968.
With a basketball doubleheader, a concert and Bobcat fans on hand, OU celebrated the Convo’s 50th anniversary on Saturday, Feb. 2.
Read MoreAmid the chain of sexual assaults and rape allegations that have emerged on Ohio University’s campus since the start of the school year, the Athens community has been on edge.
Within a month’s time, according to The Columbus Dispatch, there’s been a total of 12 sexual assault cases, with over half (7) being reported as rape. As a result, the collective “It’s on us, Bobcats,” a group consisting of students Mallory Golski, Cody Shanklin and Hannah Burke, has formed.
Read MoreAlisa Askew isn’t fazed by other’s doings; she’s set on her own course.
No, she’s not interested in the pleasures of alcohol-filled day parties, night-long bar crawls, or late Sunday afternoon awakenings. Instead, she’s traded in her throwback LeBron James jersey, ripped jean shorts and fanny pack, opting for a more minimalistic look: bell-bottomed cut denim pants and a highlight-blue volunteer T-shirt.
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