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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 part of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds' broad education agenda this year, but House lawmakers are con...

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 O'Keefe, 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 Orlando, Florida, under the banner “America Uncanceled” — a jab at what many attendees and alli...

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 he has concerns the project is not historically accurate. His bill, which passed an education subcomm...

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