The Iowa Department of Education, along with teams of Iowa citizens, is establishing an ambitious initiative to provide students with a world-class curriculum. The Iowa Core Curriculum (previously called the Model Core Curriculum) gives local school districts a guide to delivering instructional content that is challenging and meaningful to all students. Tracey talked with Director Judy Jeffrey recently to get more details.
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Salaries for community college faculty in Iowa have been dropping in the rankings, and that's making it harder to attract and keep the best instructors. Lee Skeens is a psychology instructor at Southeastern Community College in Burlington. He's been studying the issue of instructor salaries, and Tracey Kelley talked to him.
