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After weeks of inaction, bills on school choice private scholarships, charter schools advance in Iowa House Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register In condition of the state, Reynolds calls for open enrollment in every school district Replay Video UP NEXT Proposals to give taxpayer-funded scholarships to help some students attend private schools and to rewrite the rules for forming charter schools are advancing in the Iowa House after weeks of inaction. The proposals are pa...

Thousands of Republicans and right-wing activists are gathering this week for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, under the banner “America Uncanceled” — a jab at what

GOP in Alabama, other states, target ‘cancel culture’ Updated Feb 27, 2021; Posted Feb 27, 2021 Project Veritas president James OKeefe, middle, , addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/TNS)TNS Facebook Share Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline.org (TNS) Thousands of Republicans and right-wing activists are gathering this week for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Or...

Banning the “1619 Project” about the impact of slavery and Black Americans on U.S. history from Iowa schools as a state lawmaker proposes would “be a threat to public education,” says a Fairfield schoolteacher, echoing concerns of other educators. House File 222, sponsored by Rep. Skyler Wheeler, R-Orange City, would ban schools, community colleges and state universities from using any history curriculum obtained from the 1619 Project, which was created by an Iowa native. Wheeler said h...

A bill approved Thursday in the Iowa House would allocate an additional $27.2 million to school districts based on how many days of in-person learning they offe

JOHNSTON - Legislative proposals to bar transgender Iowa students from using bathrooms that match their gender identity appear unlikely to advance in the Iowa House.

DES MOINES — A proposal to reduce funding for any Iowa school district whose teachers use a New York Times project on the impact of slavery and Black Americans on U.S. history took its first step toward approval in the legislative process Tuesday at the Iowa Capitol. The bill was presented by Rep. Skyler Wheeler, a Republican from Orange City. The legislation would reduce funding for any Iowa school district whose teachers use the “1619 Project” — which was published in 2019 by the New ...

Iowa Republicans seek to cut funding for schools with 1619 Project in curriculum Aris Folley © iStock Can cleaner air boost academic performance? Republican state representatives in Iowa on Tuesday advanced legislation that seeks to mandate funding and budget cuts for schools that include The New York Timess 1619 Project in their history curriculum. According to The Gazette, the bill advanced from a three-member subcommittee on Tuesday after approval from state Rep. Henry Sto...

Schools that teach lessons based on the New York Times’ 1619 Project, which details the legacy of slavery in the U.S., would lose some state funding under a bill advanced Tuesday by Republicans in the Iowa House of Representatives.

Radio Iowa You are here: Home Bill advances to ban use of ‘1619 Project’ in Iowa schools Skyler Wheeler Republicans on an Iowa House subcommittee have advanced a bill that would pull state funding from public schools if a New York Times series about slavery is used in history classes. Representative Skyler Wheeler, a Republican from Orange City who is the bill’s sponsor, said the 1619 Project is projecting “a clear viewpoint.” “It seeks to distort facts, not simply teach them and i...