Here Are Your Options As Student Loan Payments ResumePosted September 1st, 2023 at 2:05pm by Isabel Soisson Nearly half of all borrowers say they aren’t financially prepared to begin repaying their debt. Despite this, interest began accruing again on Sept. 1, and payments will be due again in October. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) Full story →
How Des Moines Metro Schools Are Applying Anti-LGBTQ LawPosted August 30th, 2023 at 12:02pm by Nikoel Hytrek Students arrived at Windsor Elementary in Des Moines to find the school mascot and a balloon arch waiting for them. Photo by Des Moines Public Schools Full story →
Urbandale Schools Trying To Navigate Iowa’s Anti-LGBTQ LawPosted August 29th, 2023 at 2:50pm by Nikoel Hytrek Urbandale School Board during its Aug. 29 meeting. Photo by Nikoel Hytrek/Starting Line Full story →
Guest Post: I’m a Teacher Wasting Valuable Time on Iowa’s Nonsense New LawsPosted August 28th, 2023 at 10:35am by Guest Post A banned book display at the Reading in Public book store in West Des Moines. Some of the books in the display were recently pulled from shelves in the Urbandale School District. Photo by Ty Rushing/Starting Line Full story →
Guest Post: What Private Schools Get Wrong About Iowa’s School VouchersPosted August 25th, 2023 at 10:57am by Guest Post Supporters and opponents of Iowa’s latest private school voucher bill gather in the Capitol Rotunda in January of 2023. Photo by Starting Line Staff Full story →
This Is Why Iowa Schools Need Permission To Use NicknamesPosted August 24th, 2023 at 12:35pm by Ty Rushing Full story →
Guest Post: The Slow Assassination of Iowa’s Public EducationPosted August 23rd, 2023 at 3:16pm by Guest Post Sioux City School Board member Bernie Scolaro at the Iowa Capitol in 2023. Courtesy Bernie Scolaro Full story →
To Fight School Book Banning, Johnston Parent Starts Little LibraryPosted August 21st, 2023 at 5:37pm by Nikoel Hytrek Full story →
15 Iowa Counties To Get Nearly $100 Million In Voucher MoneyPosted August 8th, 2023 at 12:01pm by Ty Rushing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa’s 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Full story →
Urbandale Pauses Removal Of LGBTQ Books From SchoolsPosted August 3rd, 2023 at 3:22pm by Nikoel Hytrek Shutterstock Full story →
