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Action Needed on Iowa Education Reform Bill

April 25, 2012

Below is an action alert from one of our partners - Iowa Association of Christian Schools: Both legislative chambers have passed their own version of Senate File 2284, the education reform bill. The bill has been sent to a conference committee to work out a final bill which will be voted on with no amendments. [...]

Iowa Governor Branstad’s Condition of the State Remarks on Education Lacks Real Reform

January 12, 2012

By Shane Vander Hart Iowa Governor Terry Branstad in his Condition of the State address on Tuesday said the following about their plan to reform education in Iowa: One, we need a great teacher in every classroom and a great principal leading every building. That starts with being more selective about who can become an [...]

Branstad’s Blueprint

October 4, 2011

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad announced his administration’s new education blueprint. The blueprint was written by Jason Glass who is the Director of the Iowa Department of Educaiton, Linda Fandel who is Governor Branstad’s special assistant for education, and Byron Darnall who is Jason Glass’ policy assistant. Some of the main points of the blueprint are [...]

Responding to Jason Glass

August 17, 2011

I would be remiss to not continue with a (online) debate I’m currently having with Jason Glass who is the Director of the Iowa Department of Education. I had to set it aside last week to focus on straw poll activities, but now I wanted to pick it back up. I critiqued a speech he [...]

Centralization of Education Is Not The Answer

August 4, 2011

Jason Glass, the director of the Iowa Department of Education, gave a speech to School Administrators from across the state. What he said in his speech (of which he transcribed his remarks on his blog) I could mostly agree. We agree on the question – “can our schools be better than they are today?” I’m [...]

Governor Branstad, The Common Core Standards Won’t Improve Education in Iowa

July 25, 2011

Those who have read my writing long enough know how I feel about the Iowa Core Curriculum. I think it stinks. It has huge problems. It’s history curriculum, in particular, stinks to high heaven. It centralizes education and further removes educational decisions from parents. There is nothing good about it. Iowa Governor Terry Branstad today [...]

If The Centralization of Education Helped Cause Iowa’s Decline Should It Be The Cure?

July 21, 2011

The Iowa Department of Education released a 28 page report today detailing the state of education in Iowa. It’s dismal. You can’t deny the facts presented – especially with reading and the achievement gap with students with disabilities. I fully agree with Jason Glass, the State Director of the Iowa Department of Education, when he [...]

Iowa Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds to Hold Town Hall Meetings on Education

July 11, 2011

Prior to Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s Iowa Education Summit on July 25-26th, he and his Lt. Governor, Kim Reynolds, will hold a series of seven town hall meetings. They are: On Tuesday, July 12th at 10:00a they will be in Waterloo at the Waterloo Central Middle School Auditorium (1350 Katoski Dr., Waterloo, IA). On Tuesday, [...]

Shane Vander Hart Speaks in Des Moines

July 8, 2011

Shane Vander Hart, the communications director for our Preserve Innocence Initiative spoke at the final Tea Party Bus Tour rally in Des Moines last weekend.

Iowa Should Explore Educational Decentralization in Massachusetts Not Just Its Standards and Tests

March 14, 2011

Iowa Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds gave this week’s press conference for the Branstad/Reynolds administration and the topic was education, which was one of the four priorities outlined by Governor Terry Branstad in his inaugural address. She discussed the upcoming education summit and announced some additions to the keynote speaker line up that already included U.S. [...]

← Previous Entries

Action Needed on Iowa Education Reform Bill

Iowa Governor Branstad’s Condition of the State Remarks on Education Lacks Real Reform

Branstad’s Blueprint

Responding to Jason Glass

Centralization of Education Is Not The Answer

Governor Branstad, The Common Core Standards Won’t Improve Education in Iowa

If The Centralization of Education Helped Cause Iowa’s Decline Should It Be The Cure?

Iowa Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds to Hold Town Hall Meetings on Education

Shane Vander Hart Speaks in Des Moines

Iowa Should Explore Educational Decentralization in Massachusetts Not Just Its Standards and Tests

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