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With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market.

Public education used to enjoy strong bipartisan support, but across the country, there's a growing push to offer students alternatives to traditional public schools. The idea behind "school choice" ...

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And I'm Scott Detrow. As in many Republican-controlled states, Iowa's leaders have gone all in on school choice, pushing to create and expand alternatives to public schools. This has created a big ...

Corporate giants farm the fields. Small-town achievers run to the cities. And the heartland - the onetime backbone of the country - she says, is in trouble. Lights, going out. Leaders, leaving town. ...

With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education... School choice is booming in Iowa. Are students ...