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Josh has been an educator in Iowa for ten years with experience in rural and urban districts. He is also a poet and playwright. Josh lives in West Des Moines with his wife and daughter.

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Professional development: important work, sacred time

As Iowa educators find themselves a month into the 2009-2010 school year, they are confronted with the question most educators ask themselves from...
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Aplington-Parkersburg: A true Iowa school community

With close to 67% of the districts in the state having less than 750 students K-12, it might seem that rural Iowa school Aplington-Parkersburg is not...
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Des Moines Education 101: What are charter schools?

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Des Moines Register writer Melissa Walker reported a story about the Des Moines School Board's desired action items in today's edition. Among them is...
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Cell phone usage in school, take 2

Educators have learned that asking a student to part with their cell phone - even temporarily - is asking the impossible. Once cell phones became...
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Iowa school's cell phone policy interesting, illegal

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The use of cell phones in school is certainly old news, but an Iowa school board has reinvigorated this debate with a controversial (and apparently...
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A 'teachable moment' indeed: More public speaking instruction

A previous article offered a series of public speaking missteps from former President George W. Bush. Rather than it pointing out the obvious flaws in...
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Des Moines Education 101: What is the Iowa Core Curriculum?

The historyIowa prides itself on giving local control to school boards, building administrators, and classroom educators because Iowans understand...
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A book for all junior high and high school teachers

Fred Kaplan has done a wonderful thing for educators in writing 1959: The Year Everything Changed. He may not have intended to do so, but the book...
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Des Moines Education 101: How do I become an educator in Iowa?

It is well known that Iowa educators are highly sought after; school districts in other states often recruit graduates from Iowa colleges and...
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Education quotes from an unlikely source

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When it comes to education, the legacy of George W. Bush's presidency will rest firmly on signing No Child Left Behind into law. What may be a little...
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