Media Relations
Thursday,
July 19,
2007
Institutes, Centers and Museums
A new policy brief from the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at the Indiana University School of Education examines the emergence of virtual education as a potentially viable public education tool. The report, "Promises and Pitfalls of Virtual Education in the United States and Indiana," recommends the development of clear guidelines and policies to allow virtual education to succeed and avoid possible litigation.
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Researchers from Indiana University's Indiana Institute on Disability and Community are conducting interviews with older parents and/or siblings of adults with developmental disabilities around the state. Specifically, the institute is seeking to interview parents or siblings aged 70 and older to learn about possible supports to help them care for family members at home.
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Two new policy briefs from the Indiana Project on Academic Success (IPAS) find students who transfer from Ivy Tech Community College to public four-year institutions in Indiana are more likely to do so within their first three years of study than if they carry studies further, and find evidence that orientation is helpful for new Ivy Tech students.
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University Dean of the Indiana University School of Education Gerardo Gonzalez will join South Bend school officials for an announcement regarding a major grant to James Whitcomb Riley High School.
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A Minnesota case in which an autistic 13-year-old boy was barred from church points to the need for public awareness of autism and the importance of resources and support to enable individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families to take part in day-to-day activities, says Cathy Pratt, director of the Indiana Resource Center for Autism at Indiana University Bloomington.
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Indiana's relatively new cohort-based high school graduation rate calculation is providing better data, which indicates its value to other states across the country. But the calculation reveals other issues that should be examined. The Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP) in the IU School of Education has issued those conclusions in a new policy brief entitled "Calculating High School Graduation Rates."
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