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Indiana Learning Lab Expands Under IDOE and Five Star Technology Solutions Partnership

The Indiana Learning Lab was launched to provide a virtual hub for educators to access lesson plans and grow professionally and offering parents resources to help their children navigate online instruction. Learn more about its expansion with @IDOE:

Prevention Matters: A Long-Term Strategy to Stop Substance Use and Save Lives

Claire Fiddian-Green is the President & CEO of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation. The opioid epidemic was recently declared a national public health emergency – and for good reason.  In Indiana, an adult is now more likely to die from a drug overdose than a motor vehicle accident. But opioids aren’t the only substances fueling our addiction crisis. For example, 151,000 Hoosier children who are now under the age of 18 will ultimately die prematurely from smoking. And alcohol, marijuana and methamphetamine use are of continued concern. Substance use often begins in middle school and worsens through high school. Nationwide, 18 percent of students report having used a prescription drug […]