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Tag Archives: private school vouchers
Vouchers Bust A Budget
The Iowa school voucher program, enacted into law by Republicans, is going to be expensive. Private schools are ramping up to use the newly arriving funds. Last Saturday, I attended a high school class reunion in Davenport where a group … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged #schoolvouchers, education, private school vouchers, vouchers
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Why Republicans Are Killing Public Schools
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/03/18/drowning-public-schools-in-the-bathtub-to-promote-gop-ideology/ Grover Norquist, founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform told National Public Radio in 2001, “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom … Continue reading
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Tagged Defunding Iowa public schools, GOP ideology, private school vouchers
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Iowa School Vouchers Redux
Seems like every place I go these days when I run into fellow Iowan, all they want to talk about is why is Iowa trying to wreck its public schools? Why is Corporate Kim taking money from public schools which … Continue reading
The High Five
We continue to post Friday’s High Five from Progress Iowa with the Iowa legislature in session: We made it to Friday! It’s going to be a cloudy, rainy weekend here in Iowa. But we know that “April showers bring May … Continue reading
Posted in gun safety, iowa legislature 2022, Kim Reynolds, unemployment insurance
Tagged private school vouchers, public education defunding, public schools
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“Big Change” Is Coming To Iowa Public Schools
Posted on Iowa Senate Democrats FB page: From Randy Evans in the Carroll Times Herald: “This is one of those times when people who have little appetite for politics need to pay attention — because a big change is coming … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa public schools, Iowa Senate Democrats, private school vouchers
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Iowa Has A Choice For Governor
In a rather surprising editorial in the Des Moines Register last week John and Terri Hale wrote about encounters with former Iowans at various places around the country. After some banter, they said, a common theme came up: An example: … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Budget, Economy, iowa legislature 2022, Jobs, Kim Reynolds
Tagged Deidre DeJear, private school vouchers, public schools
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