http://www.ediswatching.org/2011/10/inquiring-minds-is-major-education-reform-about-ready-to-give-iowa-a-try/ Keeping an eye on Colorado laws, policies, and other developments that affect parents’ educational choices Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:48:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ediswatching.org/2011/10/inquiring-minds-is-major-education-reform-about-ready-to-give-iowa-a-try/comment-page-1/#comment-12409 Ed is Watching » School Reform News Bulletin: Can Bold Iowa Reform Plans Get Unstuck? Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:19:28 +0000 http://www.ediswatching.org/?p=3923#comment-12409 [...] to believe it was five months ago I asked the question: Is major education reform about ready to give Iowa a try? At the heart of the story is a local connection. Jason Glass, appointed the state’s education [...]

]]> http://www.ediswatching.org/2011/10/inquiring-minds-is-major-education-reform-about-ready-to-give-iowa-a-try/comment-page-1/#comment-11396 Ed is Watching » Time to Follow Florida and End Social Promotion for 3rd Graders Who Can’t Read Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:50:54 +0000 http://www.ediswatching.org/?p=3923#comment-11396 [...] Yesterday I told you that effective education reform might be ready to give Iowa a try. A major piece of the plan proposed by Gov. Terry Branstad and education department leader Jason Glass is to end social promotion for 3rd graders who can’t read. Well, my timing as usual is golden, since key Colorado education leaders yesterday gave serious discussion to moving the very same reform issue forward. Ed News Colorado reports: The anxiety level in the room rose quickly after Rep. Tom Massey, R-Poncha Springs and chair of the House Education Committee, briefed the group on his idea for a bill that would hold back third-graders who are the furthest behind in literacy. [link added] [...]

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