I am part of a progressive rural Iowa group who has just completed a round of LTE and column submissions on how Iowa policies are bad for rural education and bad for rural Iowa. Two have been published so far.
We argued that Iowa communities of any size dry up without healthy public schools. Like other states, our Gov and legislature are investing in private schools with a voucher plan.--Gov. Reynolds’ School Choice law. Public schools are the only schools in 43 of Iowa’s 99 counties. We argue that instead of helping students in our rural public schools, and sustaining our rural communities, our tax dollars are being sent to more populated areas (where private schools are located) .
We conclude by saying that a value of Iowa and a free country is access to public education, comparable across geographic and demographic lines.
What about the talking points that public schools fail the people in most need and that the only way for their to be any recourse for those people is if public schools compete for their students? That’s probably the most apt argument school choice advocates make when talking about universal vouchers.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I’ve shared this with my school board candidates. I hope others will do the same thing. Pro-empathy freedom voters are the solution.
I am part of a progressive rural Iowa group who has just completed a round of LTE and column submissions on how Iowa policies are bad for rural education and bad for rural Iowa. Two have been published so far.
We argued that Iowa communities of any size dry up without healthy public schools. Like other states, our Gov and legislature are investing in private schools with a voucher plan.--Gov. Reynolds’ School Choice law. Public schools are the only schools in 43 of Iowa’s 99 counties. We argue that instead of helping students in our rural public schools, and sustaining our rural communities, our tax dollars are being sent to more populated areas (where private schools are located) .
We conclude by saying that a value of Iowa and a free country is access to public education, comparable across geographic and demographic lines.
://www.amestrib.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2023/10/20/public-education-rural-iowa-slipping-away/71253707007/
What about the talking points that public schools fail the people in most need and that the only way for their to be any recourse for those people is if public schools compete for their students? That’s probably the most apt argument school choice advocates make when talking about universal vouchers.
Will there be handouts and resources offered in the online training?
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I’ve shared this with my school board candidates. I hope others will do the same thing. Pro-empathy freedom voters are the solution.