Morning Bell: Elementary School Discipline, Romney’s Education Platform

Lafayette School Corp. unveils program to help elementary students who severely misbehave – “Director for elementary education Karen Combs detailed the proposed program, called Chance, which would serve students for whom behavior modification at their schools has proven ineffective.” Lafayette Journal and Courier

Bible college coming to former Taylor site – “Now, both Crossroads and Grace College, a four-year liberal arts college based in Winona Lake, have a presence on the former Taylor-Fort Wayne campus along Rudisill Boulevard.” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Lawsuit over EVSC’s netbooks settled – “The EVSC will make no more payments on the 7,301 Hewlett-Packard computers, under terms of the settlement. Additionally, the school district is to obtain full ownership of the machines and receive $50,000 in repair costs.” Evansville Courier & Press

Eugene White, stand up comedian – “I’ve seen him get a whole room of people laughing more than once. But we’ve also seen his easy manner get him in trouble at times when he is trying to be funny.” Get On The Bus

Teachers Unions, Federal Spending Slammed at GOP Convention – “The Republicans offered up a hurricane of tough talk Tuesday night—including battering President Barack Obama and teachers unions—as they hailed Mitt Romney as their newly nominated candidate for president.” (Here’s what the GOP platform actually says about education.) Politics K-12