Black History Month debated amid calls for broader inclusion
The Gazette reports Cedar Rapids and Iowa City educators discuss whether Black History Month remains necessary after Obama's election. Some see it as a conscious prompt to highlight African-American achievement, while others push year round integration and a statewide, inclusive curriculum.
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Akwi Nji-Dawson
Cedar Rapids Washington High School
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Cedar Rapids News Teaches Culture on TV Talk
Erika Binegar announces on KCRG-TV9 at 11 a.m. a feature highlighting African-American culture and its role in daily life. Akwi Nji-Dawson from Cedar Rapids Washington High School is noted in the segment.
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KCRG
Akwi Nji
Dawson
Cedar Rapids
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Iowa Gov Culver Says Fed Stimulus Won’t Replace Budget Cuts
Gov. Chet Culver announced that Iowa will receive 1.9 billion dollars in federal stimulus through 2011 but will still need to enact state budget cuts. He ordered a working group to detail the timing and amounts, noting declining revenues from a national recession.
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Ues Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Chet Culver
Iowa
Culver
Iowa Expected Stimulus Funds From Federal Aid Program
Preliminary conference estimates indicate Iowa will receive federal stimulus funds through the aid program. Officials project allocations may support state projects, infrastructure, and taxpayer relief efforts pending final appropriations and allocations.
Labor pay freeze proposed for 22 000 state workers
Des Moines report says state and AFSCME Union negotiators reached an in principle agreement to freeze base pay for fiscal 2010 affecting more than 22 000 public employees led by AFSCME Council 61 President Danny Homan.
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DES Moines
Danny Homan
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Afscme
Council 61
Towa
Public Employees’ Union
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