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Why isn’t the Iowa Board of Regents elected?
Each and every member of each and every one of our state’s district school boards are elected by public ballot.
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Dementia bills deserve proper attention this year
The high-profile debates currently raging at the Statehouse make it easy to forget, but one issue I will continue to be vocal about is Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia-related ailments.
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Kudos to Waterloo schools on literacy improvements
Waterloo School District elementary school students have made some of the most significant gains in an Iowa literacy program to improve reading proficiency.
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Tax cuts ensure students won't be funded equally
Basic fairness will die in Appropriations. And Iowa's busted tax policy will kill it.
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DeVos' confirmation broke me. Then it empowered my fight for my students.
The events of this week have sparked my fight to make our schools greater — and to resist their destruction.
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How I got diversity in the church basement
The basement of an Iowa Lutheran church seems like the last place you’d look for diversity. Nothing down here but us Northern Europeans and some kumla, right? Or so the stereotype goes.
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Iowa faces big challenges: Join us in shaping solutions
Iowa's midsize cities have suffered loss of factory jobs and population, among the big challenges facing the state.
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Chasing service jobs won't save midsize cities. Education and manufacturing...
I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired of hearing about the death of every Iowa community that isn’t home to a Starbucks.
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Now is the time to plan a run for office
Democracy runs on the fuel of citizen buy-in and citizen involvement.
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Why I’m marching for science
As a child, I never liked uncertainty and ambiguity. Perhaps that’s why I enjoyed science class so much.
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Yes, Sept. 11 assignment pushed boundaries. That's the point of college.
If a student does not push his or her intellectual boundaries when attending a university, then he or she may as well not attend in the first place.
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Your vote could help a community thrive. Here's how.
We’ve received hundreds of submissions over the past two months for our new “A Community Thrives” program.
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On Earth Day, science means hope for conservation
Call on our elected officials to continue investing in scientific research.
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Highlights from Hannah Bormann's record-breaking scoring performance
Clear Creek Amana senior broke the school's all-time scoring record Tuesday night against Benton.
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We have to stop abandoning the arts
You won’t find a more powerful tool to effect change or solve problems, uphold what it means to be an American and preserve our humanity.
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Art can help children find a sense of home and success
By incorporating life and work skills through mentorship and creative expression, programs can give teenagers that sense of home.
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What Iowa needs now: Civic-minded professionals
We need Iowans to come together and demand that every student educated in our state will graduate ready to make a difference as a civic-minded professional.
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Iowa Legislature needs to find shared vision to succeed in 2018
If we found a way to come together in that shared interest and align on a vision, our state would become a beacon of opportunity for everyone far and wide.
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Iowa can do better by students struggling to learn English
Iowa schools face the task of educating children from around the globe, who speak nearly 140 languages.
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Getting sick isn't for dummies: The case for health literacy
Achieving health literacy means having the tools to access needed user-friendly information and step-by-step communication skills that work in any health care situation.
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