Iowa: Federal Appeals Court Upholds School Mask Mandate
Based on an appeal by parents of students with disabilities, a Federal Appeals Court supported mask mandates in school. Federal Appeals Court Decision Ensures Iowa...
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Three States Enact Laws Protecting Drivers Who Ram Their Cars into Protestors
Alternet recapitulates a Boston Globe investigation of a new phenomen: drivers who use their car as a weapon to drive into protestors. Three Republican-led states...
Iowa: School Board Rejects Mask Mandate After Some Parents Threaten to Remove Their Children
The school board of Waukee, Iowa, planned to mandate masks, but then a campaign started in the community against the mandate. Faced with threats to...
Darcie Cimarusti: K12 Inc. and Charter Lobby Pushes for $$$ in Iowa
Darcie Cimarusti, communications director for the Network for Public Education, reports on the assault on public school funding in Iowa. K12 Inc., the for-profit virtual...
Historian Warns Iowa: Fix Public Schools, Don’t Destroy Them
Randall Balmer is one of Iowa’s most accomplished sons. After growing up in Iowa and attending its public schools, he went on to success as...
Iowa: Act NOW to Save Your Public Schools!
Governor Kim Reynolds has proposed legislation to take money away from Ohio public schools and divert it to privately managed schools, vouchers for religious schools,...
Iowa: DeVos’ Allies Introduce Bill Promoting Vouchers to DeVosTate Public Schools
Iowa has one of the best school systems in the nation, but legislators are working to pass a voucher program. They very likely belong to...
Des Moines Register: Iowa Has Plenty of School Choice, Why Do Legislators Want More?
It is so rare to find a mainstream newspaper that supports public schools and opposes privatization, that it is worth paying attention when you see...
Iowa: One of Nation’s Best Public School Systems, Poised to Expand Vouchers for Religious Schools
Dana Goldstein, one of the best education writers, now reports for the New York Times. In this article, she describes the rush to expand vouchers...
Iowa Teachers: What Do You Think of the “Iowa Core” Literacy Standards
Iowa adopted the Common Core standards but renamed them the “Iowa Core.” They read just like the Common Core standards. Teachers in K-3 are concerned...