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Becker, Leising, Glick File Bill Removing Excessive Requirements For Educator Literacy
State Senators Becker, Leising, Glick file bill removing excessive requirements for educator literacy endorsement
STATEHOUSE (Nov. 22, 2024) — State Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) filed a bill this week to remove excessive requirements for state educators to obtain a literacy endorsement, which is required to maintain a teaching license. She is joined on the bill by State Sens. Vaneta Becker (R-Evansville) and Sue Glick (R-LaGrange).
While teachers who provide literacy instruction for students in pre-K through fifth grade are, as of last year, required to complete 80 hours of evidence-based professional development in science of reading and a written examination to renew their license, the new bill would lower that requirement to 40 hours and remove the written examination requirements for teachers who renew their license beginning July 1, 2027.
“I have several teachers in my district with decades of experience in their field who have pointed out that these new requirements are an excessive burden with little actual benefit to their ability to do their jobs effectively,” Leising said. “The requirements listed in the bill are much more reasonable and still make sure teachers are kept up to date with the latest evidence-based practices in their profession.”
The literacy endorsement is intended to train teachers in the Science of Reading, which takes into account the developmental psychology of how children learn to read. It emphasizes the best methods for reading instruction include phonics and vocabulary.
“Our nation is dealing with a teacher shortage, and having even more red tape in place for teachers to keep their license is counterproductive,” Becker said. “Teachers don’t always have the time or ability to continue to take exams and complete hours of extra training, and this bill will make the literacy endorsement requirements much more reasonable to achieve.”
“Our teachers already dedicate so much of their time and effort to ensure Hoosier students get the most out of their educational experience,” Glick said. “On top of that, our state is still struggling with a teacher shortage and part of that issue could be due to the extreme burden caused by these new requirements. This bill will help relieve some of the stress teachers are faced with by doing away with the overwhelming literacy endorsement requirements, while also ensuring our students will still be set up for success in the classroom.”
To follow this bill along with others being filed for the 2025 legislative session, visit iga.in.gov.
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Warrick Humane Society Friendsgiving Foster Event!
Friendsgiving Foster Event!
Our annual Friendsgiving Foster Event is back! This event will be taking place
Wednesday, November 27th through Sunday, December 1st. This Thanksgiving season is the perfect time to give to pets in need in your community, and it's completely free! Donate some of your time and space, and give our shelter dogs a holiday to remember. They deserve to be surrounded by love and family this time of year as much as anyone else!
Event Highlights:
● To Get Started: Fill out an adoption application on our website,
https://warrickhumanesociety.org/adoption/, and under ‘Animal Name’ put ‘Friendsgiving’
● First Come First Serve: All eligible dogs will be on a first come first serve basis for
foster families to pick!
● Flexible Time-Frame: You can pick up a foster dog on Wednesday, November 27th
from 12pm-7pm if you want to participate for the full 4 days, or Friday, November
29th between 12pm and 4pm if you only want to participate over the weekend. You
will return or adopt your foster at the shelter on Sunday, December 1st between 12-
3pm.
● Necessities Provided When Needed: We can provide your foster dog with food, or
any other necessities that you do not have, for the event if you are not able!
● Special Offer: If you fall in love with your foster and want to keep them in your
family forever, you will get 25% off their adoption fee!
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No. 21 Trailblazers unable to overcome slow start in defensive battle
No. 21 Trailblazers unable to overcome slow start in defensive battle
VINCENNES, Ind. – The No. 21-ranked Vincennes University Trailblazers got off to a tough start Saturday afternoon against the Greyhounds of Moberly Area Community College inside the Physical Education Complex.
Vincennes would eventually get back on track but were unable to overcome the early deficit as the Trailblazers fell to Moberly Area by the final score of 63-51.
It was a tough start to the day by the Trailblazers with Moberly Area coming out of the gates firing to build an early 22-3 lead.
Vincennes would rebound and battle back with a 14-2 scoring run to get back within seven and finished the opening half trailing by eight at 33-25.
VU looked to grab the early momentum in the second half, opening the final 20 minute period with six straight point to cut the Greyhound lead to 33-31 before Moberly Area capitalized on eight straight on their end to get the lead back to 10.
The Trailblazers continued to battle and were again able to eat into the Moberly lead late with a series of threes to cut the deficit to 55-51 but were ultimately unable to completely erase the deficit as Moberly Area closed out the 63-51 victory over the Trailblazers.
“I didn’t think we competed very well at all to start the game,” VU Hall of Fame Head Coach Todd Franklin said. “We let them be the aggressor and we talked about it all week, so I don’t know how we could have emphasized that more. I’ll do better. But I really don’t know how I could emphasize more what this game was going to be and how they were going to play. They went exactly on the script of how I thought they would play and we just didn’t come out with anybody that was going to make any intensity early.”
“After that, on the defensive end, we were fine,” Franklin added. “There are a lot of things that we could do better but they ended up shooting 37 percent and probably shot in the low 30’s from that early run on. We out rebounded the heck out of them. We gave up one offensive rebound and there were a lot of opportunities. We outrebounded them 32 to 1 on their shots and they didn’t get very many second shots. It might be a little off but it’s not by much.”
“If you hold somebody on your home floor to 37 percent shooting, 27 percent from three and you outrebound them by 15, you should win the basketball game and you should win solidly,” Franklin said. “And those numbers are even worse for them after you get past the start of the game. If you take out the first seven or eight minutes, from that point on we had plenty of opportunities.”
Vincennes was led offensively by sophomore and 2024 NJCAA All-American Lebron Thomas (Bishopville, S.C.) who closed out his night with 19 points and seven rebounds.
Freshman Jalen Calloway (Chicago, Ill.) got the Blazers offense going early and finished with 11 points, eight rebounds and a team-high three assists.
Freshman Dayton Williams was the third VU scorer in double figures, securing his second career double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Sophomore Michael Cooper (Minneapolis, Minn.) also had a big game on the boards, finishing just shy of another double-double with eight points and eight rebounds.
“They pressed, they trapped and they scrambled defensively,” Franklin added. “We had guys try to get in the high post, low post, get it swung. We tried to play with Michael being a stretch guys. So we had four guys with the floor stretched now you look to move it and find gaps. But honestly, the problem from there is that it comes down to being a basketball player making basketball plays. Because I can’t run them a set to get a layup against a zone. There are things that we will do but it was spread, it’s hit gaps, move the ball, read through the middle of the floor, break it down, get to the backsides and then make the play. We couldn’t do that.”
“I’ve got to do better obviously,” Franklin said. “But we’ve got to have someone who is going to step up and make plays. Not just talking about scoring. Who can hit a gap and make a clean pass. Draw in two defenders against a zone and make a pass, hit one more gap and then all of a sudden somebody is going to be wide open on the backside. You’ve got to be able to hit a couple of gaps sometimes against a zone and it was no different today because they were really running and overloading it and attacking it.”
“We put the five man at the high post to begin the second half but we didn’t deliver the ball to them there in the middle,” Franklin added. “And when we did, they went and did what they are not supposed to which is dribble and put your head down instead of turning and hitting the shot or turning and kicking it back out on some of the inside-out parts of it. Again it’s my fault because those are things that we go over and talk about.”
“But we had something today that I don’t think has ever happened,” Franklin said. “We had zero points from the low block. I’ve never seen it before. Anybody that knows us, we emphasize trying to get the ball in there and posting and we didn’t change that tonight. We had it spread out with the other four so we had one guy in there and if you cover that well, then there has to be someone in there that can go to work but that didn’t happen.”
“So we’ve got to find a way to do that,” Franklin added. “I’ve got to coach better because if you bring a Moberly in here and hold them to 37 percent shooting, plus 15 rebound margin and they shoot in the 20s from the three-point line, you’ve got to win the ball game. But one thing about offense is that a lot of times it’s about players. It’s the players making plays. Whether it’s to set somebody else up for a play or actually finishing the play, it’s making plays and sometimes if that doesn’t happen it can get pretty frustrating. Today, I didn’t do a good enough job of getting guys in position to make play, I guess. But the bottom line is, we didn’t make enough plays. You can’t come out here and shoot 19 for 62 on your home floor.”
The Trailblazers will look to reset and rebound as VU prepares to play their first game away from the home gym Sunday, Dec. 1 when Vincennes heads to Olney Central College to take part in the Olney Central Classic.
Vincennes will get set to take on Mineral Area College at Olney Central College. Tip-off time for that game is set for 1 p.m. eastern.
“I’ll do the best I can to get them ready for the next one,” Franklin said. “I wasn’t really confused today. But the fact is that at some point I also wasn’t confused about the fact that we are not going to score. They were making us pass and catch and move the ball. You’ve got read middle and swing the ball and the plays will be there if you make a good basketball play. Somehow, I’ve got to be able to get us to do that in a week. I’ve got three perimeter guys out there and a four who is supposed to be a stretch type of guy. Structurally, there’s not many things that you can do there is you don’t have somebody that wants the ball inside or can hurt them in the high post.”
“I’ve got to get us more crisp and give us a better chance to do things,” Franklin added. “But at some point, we’ve got to find guys, when that happens, that are going to make plays. We didn’t make plays in the second half against Columbia State in a similar situation and we didn’t make plays today against Moberly in those situations. We’ve made plays in the other ones. So when somebody wants to push on you and hit you in the mouth a little bit, you’ve got to be able to make plays too. So we’ve got to find a way to get that to happen and we’ve got to find the people who can do that. If we don’t find the right people who can do that then we will be in that same situation.”
VINCENNES BOX SCORE
VINCENNES (51): Bryan Akanmu 0-3 0-0 0, Michael Cooper 3-10 1-2 8, Jalen Calloway 5-15 0-0 11, Lebron Thomas 6-16 4-5 19, Dayton Williams 4-13 1-2 11, Christian Andrews 1-4 0-1 2, Meyoh Swansey 0-0 0-0 0, Kenaz Ochogwu 0-1 0-0 0, Team 19-62 6-10 51.
Moberly Area – 33 30 – 63
VU (6-2) – 25 26 – 51
Three-point goals: VU 7 (Thomas 3, Williams 2, Coper, Calloway). Rebounds: VU 45 (Williams 12). Assists: VU 10 (Calloway 3). Steals: VU 3 (Cooper, Williams, Andrews). Blocked Shots: VU 6 (Calloway 2, Williams 2). Turnovers: VU 17. Personal Fouls: VU 16. Fouled out: Akanmu.
Cold third quarter trips up Aces women’s basketball at Lipscomb
Cold third quarter trips up Aces women’s basketball at Lipscomb
The Purple Aces shot over 50% through four quarters
NASHVILLE – The University of Evansville women’s basketball team had its best game from the floor but came up just short in an 86-79 loss to the Lipscomb Bison.
The Purple Aces had their first game of the season shooting over 50% from the floor in Nashville. But a third quarter of only shooting 43.8% to Lipscomb’s 50% put UE too far back to earn the first road win of the season. Sophomore forward Maggie Hartwig (Sauk City, Wis. / Sauk Prairie HS) was Evansville’s leading scorer for the third game of the season with 24 points and six rebounds.
It was a back-and-forth game early at Allen Arena, as the Aces and the Bison traded the lead three times in the first 10 minutes. Lipscomb held the lead through most of the first half of the quarter. But eight straight points for Hartwig in the last three minutes of the first gave UE a one-point lead going into the second quarter.
The lead returned to the Bison in the first 30 seconds of the second. Evansville answered immediately with a five-point run to take a four-point lead less than two minutes into the quarter. Both teams made three-pointers over the next few minutes until the media timeout. Lipscomb had a one-point lead at the timeout while the Aces scored back-to-back jump shots to retake the lead. UE kept the lead for the final three minutes of the first half to head into halftime up 38-36.
Evansville’s offense struggled early in the second half as freshman guard Camryn Runner (Cicero, Ind. / Hamilton Heights HS) had the first made basket at the 7:37 mark. The Aces didn’t make another shot for the next three minutes as the Bison lead grew to six. UE did retake the lead on a seven point run with 3:21 left in the third. Evansville and Lipscomb traded the lead seven more times in only a minute and 40 seconds. But a five point run and a three point play for the Bison had the Aces trailing by six going into the final frame.
UE made back-to-back baskets to start the fourth quarter. Yet Lipscomb grew its lead into double digits just over two minutes into the fourth. Evansville called an early timeout in the quarter, but the Bison took a 12 point lead twice midway into the final 10 minutes. A made three pointer for junior forward Mae Dozier (Louisville, Ky. / Wabash Valley) and a jump shot for Runner got the Aces back within seven.
The game returned to the back-and-forth pace from the first half over the next three minutes. UE got back-to-back layups from Runner and sophomore forward Claudia Clement (Barcelona, Spain) to get within five points. Lipscomb took two trips to the line to increase its lead. But Hartwig hit her third three with 18 seconds on the clock to get the game back within two scores for Evansville. Hartwig’s shot turned into the Aces last as they didn’t find the rim again in the final 15 seconds, falling to the Bison 86-79.
Hartwig had her third 20+ point game at Lipscomb while also leading UE on defense with six rebounds. Evansville had four other players score in double digits on Saturday for the Aces first game with five double digit scorers in a year. Runner, Dozier, freshman Kaiden Kreinhagen (Indianapolis / North Central HS), and senior Júlia Palomo (La Seu D’Urgell, Spain) all had at least 10 points with Kreinhagen scoring a career-high 10 points. Runner had a career-high five assists while Palomo reset her season high in steals with four.
UE will make its first trip to the Big Easy for its next two games over the Thanksgiving holiday. Evansville will participate in the Big Easy New Orleans Classic with back-to-back games on Friday, Nov. 29th and Saturday, Nov. 30th. The Aces will play Nicholls and Delaware for the first time in program history while at the holiday tournament. UE’s first game is set to tip-off at 8 p.m. CT against Nicholls on Friday.
Men’s basketball hosts Campbell on Sunday afternoon
Men’s basketball hosts Campbell on Sunday afternoon
Tip set for 3 p.m.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Two days after earning a 98-81 win over Green Bay, the University of Evansville men’s basketball team will be back at the Ford Center on Sunday to host Campbell at 3 p.m. ESPN+ and the Purple Aces Radio Network will have the broadcast.
Last Time Out
– Evansville never gave up the lead on Friday, going up by as many as 33 points before taking the win by 17
– Cam Haffner set a new scoring high with 27 points, hitting 10 of his 16 attempts
– Converting 8 of his 9 field goal tries, Josh Hughes finished with 19, tying his season mark
– Tanner Cuff tied his season high with 15 while Gabriel Pozzato and Tayshawn Comer finished with 13 and 11, respectively
Another Career Night
– In his second season with the Purple Aces, Cam Haffner continues to raise the bar
– In the win over Green Bay, he set career highs in points (27), field goals (10) and attempts (16); he also tied his top collegiate mark of 9 rebounds
– The effort surpassed his previous high of 23 points set just six days earlier against Radford
– Haffner was 8-of-12 from the field and knocked down six of his 10 3-point tries
– He is second on the team and 7th in the MVC with his average of 15.2 PPG
Top Performance
– Hauling in a career-high 8 rebounds while scoring a season-high 9 points, Connor Turnbull had his best game of the season in the victory over Green Bay
– He added another block and ranks 8th in the MVC with 1.00 per contest
– Turnbull had a solid game versus Brescia, posting 7 points, 4 boards and 3 blocks
– Through six games, he has posted 5.2 PPG and 2.5 RPG while seeing just over 15 minutes of work per game
Home Cooking
– Home court advantage has a new meaning this season for Josh Hughes; in three games at the Ford Center, Hughes is averaging 15 PPG while shooting 73.9% (17-23)
– On the road, Hughes is averaging 3.7 PPG while shooting just 14.3%
– Converting 8 of his 9 attempts in the win over the Phoenix, Hughes tied his season mark with nine points
– Against Radford, Hughes connected on 6 of his 11 attempts and four triples on his way to 19 points
Scouting the Opponent
– Campbell enters Sunday’s contest with a 3-3 record with wins coming over Pfeiffer, Newberry and Navy
– On Friday, the Fighting Camels fell by a final of 104-60 at Ohio State
– Jasin Sinani leads the way for Campbell with an average of 11.3 points per game; he also paces the team with his average of 5.0 rebounds
– Bragi Gudmundsson and Terren Frank hold averages of 9.8 and 9.3 PPG, respectively
– Nolan Dorsey checks in with 8.2 PPG and leads the team with nine triples while shooting 45.0% from outside