Do Iowa’s Students Need Longer School Days? This is a dreaded subject for students over Christmas break I’m sure,… Shane Vander HartDecember 26, 20112 minute read
Republican House Approves Department of Education’s End Around of State Legislatures The Senate level-funded almost all of the education funding. The House increased… Shane Vander HartDecember 23, 20112 minute read
Common Core, Rah, Rah!!!!! I must admit that I threw up in my mouth a little… Shane Vander HartDecember 22, 20111 minute read
Annette Sweeney: Talking Education By State Representative Annette Sweeney In the past several months, I have… Caffeinated ThoughtsDecember 21, 20112 minute read
Jon Huntsman Champions Local Control in Education and School Choice I watched the video of yesterday’s blogger’s briefing at The Heritage Foundation… Shane Vander HartDecember 7, 20113 minute read
The Growing Tide Against National Education Standards The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) met last week in Scottsdale, AZ. … Shane Vander HartDecember 5, 20114 minute read
Mitt Romney’s Job Creation: Supporting Companies with Radical Social Policies By Amy L. Contrada Summary: As Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney exposed… Caffeinated ThoughtsDecember 3, 201119 minute read
Branstad Administration Puts The Brakes On Education Blueprint’s Teacher Pay Proposal Mary Stegmeir of The Des Moines Register reported yesterday that Iowa Governor… Shane Vander HartNovember 17, 20113 minute read
Five Items of Interest: Fed’s Takeover of Education, Kim Pearson & Iowa HD 30, Hawkeyes, Chromebooks, and Iran It’s been awhile, but I did want to bring back the five… Shane Vander HartNovember 5, 20113 minute read
Grading Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s Education Blueprint By Eric Goranson & Shane Vander Hart with contributions from William Gustoff… Caffeinated ThoughtsNovember 3, 20112 minute read
Governor Branstad, Public School Options Only? I just received something in the mail today from Iowans for Public… Shane Vander HartNovember 1, 20112 minute read
Congresswoman Bachmann What Are the Intermediate Steps to Closing the Dept. of Ed? Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann shared some thoughts about the federal role of… Shane Vander HartOctober 15, 20111 minute read
Ron Paul Reaches Out to Christian Voters with New Pro-Life Ad It is often said that Ron Paul has a solid base of… Dustin KrutsingerOctober 14, 20115 minute read
Romney Confused About Federal Government’s Role in Education, Again It isn’t the first time. Over the weekend, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt… Shane Vander HartOctober 5, 20112 minute read
Branstad’s Education Blueprint Marks End of Local Control As We Know It Iowa Governor Terry Branstad announced his administration’s new education blueprint. The blueprint… Shane Vander HartOctober 3, 20113 minute read
On The Issues, Democrats Lose I previously reported on the voting public’s positions on various issues and… John HitchcockSeptember 30, 20113 minute read