The Iowa State University Research Park is an example of how universities benefit Iowa's business community. (Screen shot from ISU Research Park video) Iowans who remember what it was like to live in a state that prized education no doubt heaved a sigh of relief when a vindictive and counterproductive bill to ban tenure at state universities failed to advance in the … [Read more...] about GOP lawmakers use budget to bludgeon state universities
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Lawmakers look at restrictions on the teaching of ‘divisive concepts’ in schools
Scavo High School art students paint a mural at the Des Moines Public Schools Transportation building. (Photo courtesy of Des Moines Public Schools) Public schools and universities in Iowa would face new restrictions related to teaching about racism, sexism and discrimination under a bill that is advancing in both the Iowa House and Senate. House Study Bill 258 is one of … [Read more...] about Lawmakers look at restrictions on the teaching of ‘divisive concepts’ in schools