Editor’s Note: Waverly Newspapers will be profiling members of the W-SR School Board in an interview format. The series continues with Shawn Ellerbroek.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, in her annual Condition of the State address last month, said Iowa needs to increase reading outcomes for elementary students. Last year, state test scores reported 34 percent of third-graders are not proficient in reading and writing skills. Under a proposed bill, Iowa colleges and universities would be required to train teachers in the “science of reading.” But what is it?
Iowa Public Radio spoke with Senator Matt McCoy, a radon–induced lung cancer survivor and a member of the Iowa Association of School Boards about radon testing in Iowa Schools. As detailed in our radio segment, a bill was proposed in Iowa that would require schools to test for radon ever two years. If the schools…