Race To The Top’s Competition: Who Can Acquiesce Education Policy to the Feds the Fastest? Emmett McGroarty, the executive director of the Preserve Innocence Initiative at the… Shane Vander HartFebruary 2, 20112 minute read
Where Iowa Education Chief Jason Glass is Wrong About Race to the Top and Iowa Core Curriculum On Tuesday I wrote about Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s newly appointed (yet… Shane Vander HartJanuary 29, 20113 minute read
Iowa Legislature Watch: Education, Prolife, and Marriage Bills Going Through the Statehouse (Update) Here are some bills that I have been watching (or at least… Shane Vander HartJanuary 29, 20114 minute read
Iowa Education Chief Jason Glass Explains His Position on Education Mandates Jason Glass, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s nominee to head the Iowa Department… Shane Vander HartJanuary 26, 20112 minute read
National School Choice Week: What’s My Role? A full house, at the Nixon Library, greeted nationally syndicated talk show… Mary SelbyJanuary 23, 20113 minute read
I Look At Paul Z. Myers’ Writing and See Evil I read a blog post written by University of Minnesota Biology professor… Shane Vander HartJanuary 22, 20112 minute read
American Principles in Action Applauds the Iowa House Passage of Taxpayers First Act (Des Moines) – American Principles in Action applauds Iowa House Republicans for… Caffeinated ThoughtsJanuary 20, 20111 minute read
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s Myopic Vision for Education in Inaugural Address During Governor Terry Branstad’s Inaugural speech on Friday he laid out principles… Shane Vander HartJanuary 15, 20112 minute read
Grading Iowa Governor-Elect Terry Branstad’s Education Picks Last week, Iowa Governor-Elect Terry Branstad tapped an education consultant from Ohio,Jason… Shane Vander HartJanuary 5, 20114 minute read
What is a Mediocre Education Worth? Sam Sorbo at Big Government makes the case for how public schools… Shane Vander HartDecember 31, 20102 minute read
Jason E. Glass named as New Director of the Iowa Department of Education (URBANDALE) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Reynolds today named… Caffeinated ThoughtsDecember 29, 20102 minute read
More Money for Education Doesn’t Equal Results As the Mercatus Center at George Mason University points out. Other than… Shane Vander HartDecember 29, 20101 minute read
Teen Birth Rate Hits Record Low The Washington Post just published initial findings from the National Center for… Shane Vander HartDecember 21, 20101 minute read
Schools Should Police Their Students Instead of Insisting That Small Businesses Close Cynthia Reynaud wrote an article yesterday for The Des Moines Register that… Shane Vander HartDecember 7, 20102 minute read
Chris Christie on New Jersey Union and School Reform New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaking at the Excellence in Education National… Shane Vander HartDecember 2, 20101 minute read
Real School Reform from The Bottom Up One of our contributors, Eric Goranson, forwarded this article from a couple… Shane Vander HartNovember 24, 20101 minute read