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Tag: Iowa Core Curriculum

Common Core Roll Back Bill Introduced in the Iowa Senate

State Senator Brad Zaun (R-Urbandale) introduces a bill in the Iowa Senate that would essentially roll back Iowa’s standards to what they were in 2006.

January 23, 2015January 23, 2015 Shane Vander Hart
Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level 2015 Bills, Brad Zaun, Common Core State Standards, Iowa, Iowa Core, Iowa Core Curriculum, Iowa Senate, SF 16

Iowa’s Plan for Education Success–Assess, Assess, Assess

The Iowa Department of Education released it’s 2012 annual report that calls for more student assessments statewide which will mean less local control.

November 20, 2012 Shane Vander Hart
Education at State Level Common Core State Standards, Iowa Core Curriculum, Iowa Department of Education, SBAC, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, student assessments

Despite Top-Down Standards Iowa Trails in Student Achievement

A new study commissioned by the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance and EducationNext was recently released.  They compared student achievement

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July 27, 2012 Shane Vander Hart
Education at State Level Chet Culver, Common Core State Standards, EducationNext, Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance, Iowa Core Curriculum, student achievement, Terry Branstad, Tom Vilsack

Damage in Iowa’s Education Reform Bill Mitigated

The final version of Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s education bill looks much, much different than what he passed.  Originally the bill was

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May 15, 2012 Shane Vander Hart
Education at State Level education reform, Iowa Core Curriculum, Terry Branstad

Action Needed on Iowa Education Reform Bill

Below is an action alert from one of our partners –  Iowa Association of Christian Schools: Both legislative chambers have passed their

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April 25, 2012 Shane Vander Hart
Education at State Level Branstad Education Reform Bill, featured, Herman Quirmbach, Iowa Association of Christian Schools, Iowa Core Curriculum, Royd Chambers, Senate File 2284, Sharon Steckman, Shawn Hamerlinck

Iowa Governor Branstad’s Uninspiring Education Remarks

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad in his Condition of the State address on Tuesday said the following about their plan to reform education

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January 12, 2012 Shane Vander Hart
Education at State Level, Homeschool / Private School, School Choice education reform, Iowa Condition of the State Address, Iowa Core Curriculum, school choice, Terry Branstad1 Comment on Iowa Governor Branstad’s Uninspiring Education Remarks

Branstad’s Blueprint

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad announced his administration’s new education blueprint.  The blueprint was written by Jason Glass who is the Director of

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October 4, 2011 Shane Vander Hart
Education at State Level Byron Darnall, Common Core State Standards, education leadership, Iowa Core Curriculum, Jason Glass, Kim Reynolds, Linda Fandel, local control in education, teacher hiring practices, teacher pay, Terry Branstad

Responding to Jason Glass

I would be remiss to not continue with a (online) debate I’m currently having with Jason Glass who is the Director of

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August 16, 2011 Shane Vander Hart
Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Common Core State Standards, Iowa Core Curriculum, Iowa Department of Education, Jason Glass5 Comments on Responding to Jason Glass

Localization Not Centralization

Jason Glass, the director of the Iowa Department of Education, gave a speech to School Administrators from across the state.  What he

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August 3, 2011 Shane Vander Hart
Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Common Core State Standards, Iowa Core Curriculum, Iowa Department of Education, Jason Glass, local control in education1 Comment on Localization Not Centralization

Iowa Governor Branstad’s Unfortunate Praise of Common Core Standards

Those who have read my writing long enough know how I feel about the Iowa Core Curriculum.  I think it stinks.  It

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July 25, 2011 Shane Vander Hart
Common Core State Standards centralization of education, common core standards, Iowa Core Curriculum, Iowa Education Summit, local control in education, parental involvement in education, Terry Branstad

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