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Episode 29: Expanding School Choice in Iowa

February 13, 2018 By Caffeinated Thoughts

Episode 29: Expanding School Choice in Iowa

On the Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast, Shane Vander Hart discusses a bill in the Iowa House that would expand school choice in Iowa with Trish Wilger of Iowa Advocates for Choice in Education and Mark Jacobs of Reaching Higher Iowa.

Filed Under: The Caffeinated Thoughts Podcast Tagged With: Charter Schools, education savings accounts, HSB 651, Iowa Advocates for Choice in Education, Iowa House, Mark Jacobs, Reaching Higher Iowa, school choice, Shane Vander Hart, Trish Wilger

Iowa Student Opportunities Act Introduced in Iowa House

February 9, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Iowa Student Opportunities Act Introduced in Iowa House

HSB 651, the Iowa Student Opportunities Act, was introduced in the Iowa House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill would create an educations savings grant program and a new charter school program to expand school choice for Iowa’s public school families.

Filed Under: Education, Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: ACLU of Iowa, Americans for Prosperity, Charter Schools, education savings accounts, HSB 651, Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund, Iowa Advocates for Choice in Education, Iowa Association of Business and Industry, Iowa Association of Christian Schools, Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Department of Management, Iowa Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO), Iowa House, Iowa House Education Committee, Iowa State Board of Education, Iowa State Education Association, One Iowa Action, Reaching Higher Iowa, School Administrators of Iowa, school choice, School Funding, Walt Rogers

Mark Jacobs’ Common Core Confusion

May 1, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Mark Jacobs’ Common Core Confusion

There is a discrepancy between what Mark Jacobs says about Common Core on the campaign trail and what he advocated for before Iowa’s U.S. Senate Race.

Filed Under: Education, Election Central Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Education, Iowa U.S. Senate Race, Mark Jacobs, Reaching Higher Iowa, school choice, Tea Party Express

Mark Jacobs Faces Two Roadblocks in Potential U.S. Senate Run

September 6, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Mark Jacobs Faces Two Roadblocks in Potential U.S. Senate Run

Mark Jacobs in a potential run for U.S. Senate has at least two roadblocks to success: His position on Common Core and donations made to Arlen Specter.

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Arlen Specter, campaign contributions, Common Core, education reform, Kim Reynolds, Mark Jacobs, Reaching Higher Iowa, Rick Santorum, Terry Branstad

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