Panel Finds Funding Gap Flows From State Formula
Iowa education funding remains unequal across districts with Davenport Superintendent Art Tate citing a 2.7 million dollar annual shortfall due to the funding formula. Lawmakers say the five year review cycle has not produced fixes and politics hinder reform.
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Cedar Rapids
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Davenport
Art Tate
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Mary Mascher
Iowa City
Iowa ideas panel debates school funding and vouchers
Iowa education advocates discussed school choice and voucher systems at a Friday panel in Iowa City amid recent bond votes. Districts grapple with funding as Rep. Walt Rogers notes general funding shares and Tammy Wawro pushes for a guaranteed baseline for teacher pay and benefits.
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Iowa
Thegazette.com
Iowa City
Linn-Mar
Walt Rogers
K-Cedar Falls
House Education Committee
Tammy Wawro
Iowa State Education Association
Wawro
Tweaking farming methods could boost Iowa water quality
University of Iowa engineer Chris Jones says stopping fall tillage and avoiding flood-plain farming could cut nitrate inflow to Mississippi tributaries by 10 to 20 percent in one year. He spoke at the Iowa Ideas conference hosted by The Gazette, detailing panel findings on nitrates, wetlands, and water-treatment costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chris Jones
University of Iowa
Iowa Ideas Conference
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Iowa Department of Agriculture
Ag Department
Dustin VandeHoef
Adam Schnieders
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Bill Stowe
Des Moines
Water Works
Sac
Calhoun
Buena Vista
Raccoon River
Stowe
Rebecca F. Miller
the Gazette
Hilton
Immigrants help prop up Iowa population growth says conference
At the Iowa Ideas Conference, speakers say immigration has driven over 40 percent of Iowa's population growth since 2010 and will counter brain drain as baby boomers retire. Liesl Bathington and other experts discuss the need for international in migration and workplace supports to attract and retain foreign-born workers.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bathington
Des Moines
Marion
Lori Chesser
Immigration Department
Davis Brown Law Firm
Peter Fisher
Iowa Policy Project
Chesser
Nancy Mwirotsi
Towa
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