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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 York Times and was created in part by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Waterloo native — or any s...
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 Times's 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 Stone (R) and state Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R), who filed the measure. As a result, the paper reports the...
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 it does so as leftist political propaganda masquerading as history,” Wheeler said. Rita Davenport, ...