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Lost progress: Chronic school absenteeism in Iowa

Posted on June 12, 2024 at 11:19 AM by Anne Discher

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New report shows 1 in 4 Iowa students are chronically absent from school as Iowa loses its top rank on...

Categories: PK-12 schools, Youth & young adults

Tagged As: children and families, Kids Count, Schools

Ingredients of Iowa's recipe for budget disaster

Posted on January 26, 2024 at 9:40 PM by Mike Owen

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(This blog is drawn from messages in a presentation by CGI Deputy Director Mike Owen for an Interfaith Alliance of...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Clean air & water, Family support & well-being, Health, Higher education, PK-12 schools, Public Safety

Iowa leads on 4-year-old preschool, lags on funding

Posted on May 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Anne Discher

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When it comes to assuring preschool for young children, Iowa’s is a story of highs and lows, according to the...

Categories: Early childhood, PK-12 schools

Tagged As: Preschool

Danger ahead: Gutting education, health and safety with tax cuts

Posted on March 3, 2023 at 12:02 PM by Mike Owen

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The road is closed, the bridge is out, and tax-cut-obsessed legislators are stepping on the gas. Already, Iowans started the...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Child care, Clean air & water, Early childhood, Health, Higher education, PK-12 schools, Public Safety

Vouchers a radical blow to Iowa’s commitment to free, universal public education

Posted on January 18, 2023 at 10:40 AM by Anne Discher

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Common Good Iowa executive director delivered the following comments at the January 17, 2023, public hearing on HSB 1, which...

Categories: PK-12 schools

Tagged As: Income tax, Vouchers

Vouchers undermine Iowa’s long-standing commitment to adequately funded, quality public schools for every child

Posted on March 8, 2022 at 2:00 PM by Kelli Soyer

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Kelli Soyer is a senior policy advocate at Common Good Iowa. She spoke against the school voucher bill, HSB 672,...

Categories: PK-12 schools

Tagged As: Equity, Schools, Vouchers

When will Iowa stop eroding its foundation in education?

Posted on February 19, 2021 at 11:11 AM by Mike Owen

student in hallway, Iowa state quarter

One of the most misunderstood and easily distorted statistics in Iowa political debate is what the state spends on K-12...

Categories: PK-12 schools

Tagged As: Schools

Lawmakers fail on equity and opportunity for Iowa public school students

Posted on February 10, 2021 at 1:01 PM by Anne Discher

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A House subcommittee approved an education bill Tuesday that would punish Iowa school districts by taking away funding if they...

Categories: PK-12 schools, Racial equity

Tagged As: iowa legislature, LGBTQ+, Supplemental State Aid

School diversity plans protect local commitment to equity

Posted on February 2, 2021 at 4:53 PM by Mike Owen

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Iowa’s system of free universal public education does more than prepare students for the future. It also brings communities together....

Categories: PK-12 schools, Racial equity

Historically poor commitment to schools

Posted on March 4, 2020 at 7:03 PM by Mike Owen

The only “historic” note in the latest school-aid deal is the defiance of Iowa’s tradition of commitment to education. To...

Categories: PK-12 schools

Tagged As: Supplemental State Aid

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