By Mike Pinto, IPLI Mentor & Principal at James Cole Elementary School Forty years ago a former student from this community offered a nickel to a younge

By Linda Marrs-Morford, IPLI Director The 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday, May 29, 2016, and all eyes will be on I

By Michael R. Pinto, IPLI Mentor & Principal at James Cole Elementary School, Lafayette, Indiana Have you ever joined a group because you thought doing so was the right thing to do

By IPLI Mentor Michael Pinto, Principal, James Cole Elementary (Tippecanoe School Corporation) There is an old expression that says, “What gets measured

By Bryan Perry, Ph.D., IPLI Mentor, Director of School Support, Harrison Attendance District In sports there is a phrase used when a player is injured, “the next man up.”  This p

By John Pearl, IPLI Mentor and Principal at Battle Ground Elementary, Tippecanoe School Corporation It is much worse to not train your teachers

By Rhonda Peterson, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, Southern Hancock County Community School Corporation It’s the most wonderful time of the year, especially within

By Linda Marrs-Morford, IPLI Director For many educators, it’s hard to get fired up about another major change in education, but the reauthorization of the Elemen

By Mike Pinto, Principal, James Cole Elementary I shook hands yesterday with the best bus mechanic in the entire country.  Mr. Kirk Brooks joins two other TSC me

By David Robertson, Chief Academic Officer, Warsaw Community Schools Most years in the fall, I have the opportunity to spend a weekend with my dad and brother in