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Lawmakers fail on equity and opportunity for Iowa public school students

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

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

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

Statement: Senate Covid relief bill fails to meet the challenge of this unprecedented crisis

Posted on July 29, 2020 at 4:38 PM by Anne Discher

Statement from Anne Discher, executive director of the Child and Family Policy Center: “Iowans have been hit hard by the...

Categories: Covid-19, Federal policy, Racial equity

It's past time to tear down the structural barriers to opportunity faced by Iowans of color

Posted on June 2, 2020 at 11:09 AM by Anne Discher

We at the Child and Family Policy Center have been working through feelings of sadness and anger watching the violence...

Categories: Racial equity

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

Iowa HHS abandons critical adolescent mental health data collection

Don't erode SNAP and Medicaid

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

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