In Indiana, Business Groups Not Talking as One on Reform

By Jonathan Weisman

INDIANAPOLIS--In a sparkling office building in the heart of Indianapolis, the business group Community Leaders Allied for Superior Schools works for educational improvement from within the city's public schools.

In the same building, another corporate alliance, Commit Inc., works to leverage educational reform from outside the system, combatively pushing the Indiana legislature to adopt parental choice and increased school accountability.

And from the outskirts of town observers say seemingly from out of nowhere--yet another business entity, the Golden Rule Insurance Company, entered the educational arena last month. Bypassing the state legislature, Golden Rule offered its own privately funded choice program for parents seeking to flee the public...