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Sacrificing Local Control at the Altar of the Dollar
The Des Moines Register had an article on Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s education bill and how it would erode local control. They quote State Representative Greg Forristall who chairs the Iowa House...
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Apparently Schools Are No Longer Capable of Determining Their Start Date
Local control in education is under attack again in Iowa. This time in the form of House Study Bill 671 that is currently being considered by the Iowa House Ways and Means Committee. The bill in...
View ArticleSBAC Assessments Sneak Through Republican-Led Iowa House
I wrote back in January that there would have to be a statutory change in Iowa before the Iowa Department of Education could implement the assessments from the Smarter Balanced Assessments Consortium....
View ArticleContact Iowa House-Senate Conference Committee to Strip SBAC Language from Bill
The Iowa House and Iowa Senate have put together a conference committee to iron out differences in their respective education reform bills. Of specific concern is a provision in the amended HF 215...
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Sacrificing Local Control at the Altar of the Dollar
The Des Moines Register had an article on Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s education bill and how it would erode local control. They quote State Representative Greg Forristall who chairs the Iowa House...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apparently Schools Are No Longer Capable of Determining Their Start Date
Local control in education is under attack again in Iowa. This time in the form of House Study Bill 671 that is currently being considered by the Iowa House Ways and Means Committee. The bill in...
View ArticleSBAC Assessments Sneak Through Republican-Led Iowa House
I wrote back in January that there would have to be a statutory change in Iowa before the Iowa Department of Education could implement the assessments from the Smarter Balanced Assessments Consortium....
View ArticleContact Iowa House-Senate Conference Committee to Strip SBAC Language from Bill
The Iowa House and Iowa Senate have put together a conference committee to iron out differences in their respective education reform bills. Of specific concern is a provision in the amended HF 215...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anti-Common Core Victories at the State Level
Governor-elect Chris Sununu (R-NH) said Common Core “needs to be scrapped.” Much has been made about what Donald Trump’s election may mean for federal involvement in education, and rightly so....
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Iowa Lawmaker Pushes for “Home Rule” for Local Schools
I reported at Caffeinated Thoughts last week about different education bills impacting K-12 education that has been filed in the Iowa House and Iowa Senate. Here are a few of the bills that concern...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sacrificing Local Control at the Altar of the Dollar
The Des Moines Register had an article on Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s education bill and how it would erode local control. They quote State Representative Greg Forristall who chairs the Iowa House...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apparently Schools Are No Longer Capable of Determining Their Start Date
Local control in education is under attack again in Iowa. This time in the form of House Study Bill 671 that is currently being considered by the Iowa House Ways and Means Committee. The bill in...
View ArticleSBAC Assessments Sneak Through Republican-Led Iowa House
I wrote back in January that there would have to be a statutory change in Iowa before the Iowa Department of Education could implement the assessments from the Smarter Balanced Assessments Consortium....
View ArticleContact Iowa House-Senate Conference Committee to Strip SBAC Language from Bill
The Iowa House and Iowa Senate have put together a conference committee to iron out differences in their respective education reform bills. Of specific concern is a provision in the amended HF 215...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anti-Common Core Victories at the State Level
Governor-elect Chris Sununu (R-NH) said Common Core “needs to be scrapped.” Much has been made about what Donald Trump’s election may mean for federal involvement in education, and rightly so....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Iowa Lawmaker Pushes for “Home Rule” for Local Schools
I reported at Caffeinated Thoughts last week about different education bills impacting K-12 education that has been filed in the Iowa House and Iowa Senate. Here are a few of the bills that concern...
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