Public school administrators rarely feel they have all of the money they need to operate. That is particularly true this school year, with the shortfall in the state budget. School officials have said average increases in state funding of 2.6 percent in 2006 and 2.4 percent in 2007 are inadequate and will force them to raise property taxes to pay for all of the programs they feel they need to prov

B road Ripple on a Saturday night is a busy place: Laughing people make their way to various gatherings, cars cruise the streets looking for places to park, scary-looking teens hang out on the bridge over the canal. If you were to visit the basement of the Broad Ripple United Methodist Church, you would see about 50 or so of these youth sitting around, eating pizza and talking with friends. These

Sleep is one of life's necessities. Without it, our ability to perform diminishes and our bodies weaken. But some people require more sleep than others. Many studies have found that people suffering from a substantial lack of sleep often show a loss of concentration, slower reaction times and poorer performance in work and school. According to the nonprofit National Sleep Foundation, most adults n

"I believe that the Honor Academy basically exists to help create godly leaders that abide by integrity and honor, so that our society will be improved." -- Bryce Ekeren F or some teens, the 18-year wait for college and all the freedoms it represents is over. For others, the work world awaits. Still others are unsure what will come after high school graduation. For devout Christians, the Teen Mani

If you could take any author out to dinner, whom would you choose? What would you talk about? Gavin Douglas, 11, would take Louis Sachar (author of "Holes," and the Wayside School series) out to eat and ask him where he gets the ideas for his stories. "They could probably happen in real life," Gavin explained. Mohammed Rasouli, 12, would take J.K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter series) with h

Forty percent of all of the world's materials and energy resources are used by buildings, according to Worldwatch Institute, a nonprofit research organization that focuses on global environmental issues. That figure could be drastically reduced, according to local advocates, by the use of energy-efficient technologies, such as premium efficiency motors and lights that respond to daylight, environm

As I lay in the water staring at the clear blue sky, wondering if my back spasms would ever stop, I finally decided to succumb to the inevitable. I admitted to myself that severe back pain at age 17 wasn't normal and would not go away unless I did something about it. During my first visit to the specialist, I learned more about my lower back than I knew about the rest of my body combined. After a