As I recounted in my last blog entry, teachers play a tremendously important role in all of our lives. With this in mind, I began reflecting on the qualities that made my best teachers, well, the best. I’ve compiled my top reasons here. #1: Coming in before school or staying after sch
Dear friends, It’s a bittersweet week for me at the IPS Education Foundation. My last day in the office as Executive Director is Friday, July 11. I leave to take on the role of Director of Marketing and Business Development at Well Done Marketing in Fountain Square. While I am exci
Earlier this June, the Sam Odle Scholarship was awarded to an outstanding IPS senior in honor of Sam Odle, an IPS board member and advocate for the district. Odle was also the moderator of The Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series® 38th Class, which is generously funded by the L
IPS Education Foundation board member Andy Pollen is preparing to leave Indianapolis, but before he ends his time as a Hoosier, he took some time to speak with us about his time serving on the board. Pollen has been involved with the Foundation for two and a half years. While he did n