Category Archives: Education

Issues 

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Dave Bradley

As we look at the upcoming election we ate that there are vast differences between the current two major parties on issues. Actually it should be noted that there is only one party in America today that is running on … Continue reading →

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STATEMENT: Iowa Needs Build Back Better

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Dave Bradley

Progress Iowa <press@progressiowa.org> Contact: Ivy Beckenholdt, press@progressiowa.org STATEMENT: Iowa Needs Build Back Better Des Moines, Iowa — Progress Iowa executive director Matt Sinovic issued the following statement calling on Iowa’s federal delegation to support the Build Back Better framework announced … Continue reading →

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Kim Don’t Care

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Dave Bradley

From poster Grins on democraticunderground.com:  (August 12)  In 1969 Dave Garroway (Kidz – Google it!) was the host of this enormously popular show on NBC called “The Today Show.“  Fifteen years after the first of the nationwide tests for the … Continue reading →

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What Does It Cost?

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Dave Bradley

  Republicans have once again been reborn as deficit hawks. It happens every time a Democrat is elected president. Republicans are hoping with a 50/50 senate they can stop some if not all of President Biden’s investment in America infrastructure … Continue reading →

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Can Educationism Solve Anything?

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Paul Deaton

Blaming the woes of society on our K-12 education system is a habit I need to break. In the post below the target was a failure to teach children about their responsibilities when signing student loan papers. A high school … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile In Des Moines Citizens Get Screwed

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Republicans tell university students: Come live in Iowa’s university cities, but you don’t get to vote there. Who can be surprised that Republicans in the Iowa legislature passed a bill out of committee that would restrict university students from voting … Continue reading →

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The Children Are The Future

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Dave Bradley

video 1.5 minutes NPR’s Weekend Edition last Saturday included a story on the seperation of a Guatemalan mother and her 3 year old son. Through an interpreter the NPR host, Scott Simon, conducted the interview. Near the end of the interview … Continue reading →

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Public Dollars And Private Education

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Paul Deaton

The Iowa Republican argument for spending $53 million dollars to support private schools and home schooling programs during the 2017-2018 school year is giving parents options. “There’s been a trend to slowly put some dollars towards people who are choosing … Continue reading →

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People Might Expect Education And Health Care For Their Children?

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Dave Bradley

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry or both: (17 minutes) Let me think. One of the purposes of rebelling against Britain was so that we could band together and decide to do things for the common good.  Giving … Continue reading →

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Cindy Axne: Coming On Strong

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Dave Bradley

There were some surprising fund raising numbers for Iowa’s congressional candidate released early in the week.  Perhaps one of the biggest surprises was Cindy Axne in Iowa’s 3rd district outraising incumbent David Young by over $100,000. Perhaps even as surprising … Continue reading →

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