Civics literacy gap explored in national and Iowa education shifts
The Gazette outlines studies showing low civics literacy among adults and stressed teachers, with more than 70 percent failing the ISI civics test and 82 percent urging stronger civic standards. It notes a shifted focus to math and reading, calls for parental advocacy, and highlights Iowa's Model Core Curriculum as a step toward better civic education.
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Nonpartisan Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Farkas Duffett
Iowa
Voters consider Branstad Culver taxes and jobs
A letter argues Culver kept Iowa from recession and urges voting for forward policy. It criticizes Branstad and the Tea Party influenced GOP, defends taxes as needed and questions benefits of tax cuts for the wealthy. It urges voters to choose officials who will spend responsibly.
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Terry Branstad
Chet Culver
Branstad
Iowa
Republican Party
Think Tea Party Movement
Bronstad
GOP
Well-patrolled Cedar Rapids trails boost user safety
Pamela J. Edkin notes more trail use over two years in Cedar Rapids for biking running and walking. She thanks police for increased patrols including bike Segway and quad patrols near railroad tracks, and urges smart solo use while enjoying well patrolled trails.
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Cedar Rapids
76Th Street
Airport Road
Ellis Park
Police Department
Pamela J. Edkin
Iowa Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Marriage Sparks Debate
Iowa law professor John Whiston criticizes the Iowa Supreme Court for creating a right to homosexual marriage, arguing the issue should have remained in the democratic process. He contends the court politicized itself by pre empting debate that the people were ready to decide.
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Iowa
John Whiston
Iowa Supreme Court
Privacy, decency after Clementi case and online spying
Kathleen Parker urges renewed respect for privacy after Tyler Clementi's death and the Dharun Ravi incident. She links social media exploitation to a broader cultural decay, calls for accountability, and supports anti invasion of privacy measures while praising efforts to support LGBTQ youth.
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Rutgers University
Tyler Clementi
George Washington Bridge
Dharun Ravi
Molly Wei
Clementi
Ravi
Detainee conditions a work in progress
Civil rights groups publish the Year One Report Card on $immigration detention reforms by the National Immigrant Justice Center Detention Watch Network and the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights. It finds spotty improvements for about 32,000 detainees including unknown Iowa inmates, and a missing nationwide alternatives plan.
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Obama
National Immigrant Justice Center, Detention Watch Network
Midwest Coalition For Human Rights
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S
Iowa
ICE
Amy Weismann
University of Iowa Center For Human Rights
Weismann
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