Iowa readying diploma seals to boost college and career readiness
Teachers warn diplomas alone may not assure success as colleges report few remedial courses. Iowa officials push the Iowa Promise Diploma Seals to raise standards with a readiness test and senior portfolio, aiming for automatic college entry or job preference for seal holders.
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Jefferson High School
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Schneckloth
Jefferson
Chuck Hinz
Kirkwood Community College
Ed Colby
ACT
Glass
Terry Branstad
Department of Education
Rural residents seek roadwork levy and TIF use in Johnson County
Johnson County proposes a property tax levy rise for rural and city properties to fund road repairs. Rural owners face higher taxes due to increased rollback and bond-financed projects. Supervisors defend TIF as a fiscally prudent move amid rising debt service and later year costs.
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Pat Harney
Johnson County
Iowa City
Supervisors
Janelle Rettig
Coralville
von Maur
TIF
Rettig
Field of Dreams project gains Perry and Boggs stake
Actor Matthew Perry partners with Wade Boggs and Go the Distance Baseball LLC to build All-Star Ballpark Heaven at the Dy ersville site. The plan targets a 2014 completion for a national youth baseball and softball campus near the movie site.
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Dubuque
Chandler Bing
Iowa Parties Clash Over Principles After 2014 Campaign Talk
Tyler Olson cites Democratic focus on jobs and middle class as contrast to GOP infighting over equal protection under the law. He recalls 2009 Iowa Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage and notes Obama’s 2012 re election as validation. Spiker defends Republican stance on right to work while acknowledging differing views within the party.
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Tyler Olson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Democratic Party
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Barack Obama
Olson
U.S. Senate
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