Posted on June 12, 2024 at 11:19 AM by Anne Discher
New report shows 1 in 4 Iowa students are chronically absent from school as Iowa loses its top rank on...
Posted on January 26, 2024 at 9:40 PM by Mike Owen
(This blog is drawn from messages in a presentation by CGI Deputy Director Mike Owen for an Interfaith Alliance of...
Posted on May 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Anne Discher
When it comes to assuring preschool for young children, Iowa’s is a story of highs and lows, according to the...
Posted on March 3, 2023 at 12:02 PM by Mike Owen
The road is closed, the bridge is out, and tax-cut-obsessed legislators are stepping on the gas. Already, Iowans started the...
Posted on January 18, 2023 at 10:40 AM by Anne Discher
Common Good Iowa executive director delivered the following comments at the January 17, 2023, public hearing on HSB 1, which...
Posted on March 8, 2022 at 2:00 PM by Kelli Soyer
Kelli Soyer is a senior policy advocate at Common Good Iowa. She spoke against the school voucher bill, HSB 672,...
Posted on February 19, 2021 at 11:11 AM by Mike Owen
One of the most misunderstood and easily distorted statistics in Iowa political debate is what the state spends on K-12...
Posted on February 10, 2021 at 1:01 PM by Anne Discher
A House subcommittee approved an education bill Tuesday that would punish Iowa school districts by taking away funding if they...
Posted on February 2, 2021 at 4:53 PM by Mike Owen
Iowa’s system of free universal public education does more than prepare students for the future. It also brings communities together....
Posted on March 4, 2020 at 7:03 PM by Mike Owen
The only “historic” note in the latest school-aid deal is the defiance of Iowa’s tradition of commitment to education. To...
