Melissa Daetsch News Today

“I think the only way to read the school board elections from Tuesday is a repudiation of Moms for Liberty,” said Iowa State University professor David Anderson.

While Iowa Republicans push back against drawing conclusions from Tuesday’s election results, Moms for Liberty and conservative-backed candidates were widely defeated by progressive, teachers union-backed candidates.

DES MOINES — In 2021, school board elections in Iowa and across the country swung toward candidates who opposed pandemic-era restrictions on schools, including closures and mask mandates.

Iowa schools’ administrative costs are not significantly increasing nor are they a significant driver of overall K-12 public education spending, according to a new analysis from Iowa Auditor Rob Sand.

Statehouse Republicans push back at the report, saying it covers only 6 years and question its definition of administrative expenses