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
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
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
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
Jason Glass’ Misplaced Pride in Iowa’s Science Standard Development Role Jason Glass, the Director of the Iowa Department of Education, announced last… Shane Vander HartSeptember 26, 20112 minute read
Iowa’s Myopic Vision for Education Reform Last week, Jason Glass, Director of the Iowa Department of Education, and… Shane Vander HartSeptember 14, 20114 minute read
Avoiding Public Dialogue on Common Core State Standards in Iowa I would be remiss to not continue with a (online) debate I’m… Shane Vander HartAugust 16, 20115 minute read
Common Core Science Standards–Who Needs Math? The Boston Herald, not a conservative or limited government bastion by any… Shane Vander HartAugust 15, 20112 minute read
Leave Iowa’s System of Schools Alone (Update: Jason Glass Responds) Jason Glass, the director of the Iowa Department of Education, gave a… Shane Vander HartAugust 3, 20113 minute read
Why Has Education in Iowa Declined? What’s the Way Forward? The Iowa Department of Education released a 28 page report today detailing… Shane Vander HartJuly 21, 20113 minute read
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 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
Mixed Message About Mandates in Recent KCRG-TV Interview with Iowa Education Chief Jason Glass I just watched an interview on KCRG-TV 9 in Cedar Rapids, IA… Shane Vander HartJanuary 25, 20113 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
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