Education

When I go to the beach, I stay on the beach. I never go out past waist high water and if a piece of seaweed grazes my foot, I treat it as if Jaws just ate my lower half. NOPE! I saw this on Facebook and it was kind of eye-opening about how deep and scary and crazy cool the ocean is... Do you think it's deeper than Mt. Everest is high?

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Lawmakers are set to vote on two priorities of Gov. Mike Pence and the GOP majorities: sparing teachers and schools from penalties for poor student performance on the 2015 ISTEP.

HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) — A complaint has been filed against the Henderson County Board of Education alleging the school system's "nickel tax" is fraudulent and was applied retroactively.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — New data from the Indiana Department of Education show the state had a slight decrease in its high school graduation rate in 2015.

AVON, Ind. (AP) — A state lawmaker is seeking to move more educators into Indiana's classrooms by allowing them to negotiate their own contract with schools.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's high school graduation rate has reached 82 percent, a new high.

Join the Vanderburgh County Tea Party Patriots for a Bill of Rights Celebration at the Evansville Public Library, Central Branch, in Browning Rooms A & B, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on December 12, 2015, presented by Citizens for Liberty.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation could soon have a new education law covering public schools as the House prepares to vote on a long-sought rewrite of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act.

I was shopping around for Christmas gifts for my three-year-old and I ran across a human anatomy model. Would this be a weird gift for a small child? Would it emotionally and mentally scar her or would it inspire her to grow up to be a world-renowned pediatric cancer specialist? These thoughts go through my mind and I remember about the really odd toys my sister-in-law texted me a few weeks ago. I

Join Castle High School for the 34th Annual Castle Marching Band Invitational! -Todd Glass