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YWRC announces Louise Rosenfield Noun awardees Friday, February 12, 2021 11:03 AM The Young Women’s Resource Center has announced that the recipients of the Louise Rosenfield Noun Impact Award and the Louise Rosenfield Noun Visionary Award are Barbara Adams and Rekha Basu, respectively. The Louise Rosenfield Noun Impact Award honors a Greater Des Moines community member for contributions made toward the empowerment of girls and young women through direct service, programming or mentorship. Adams is the principal of Findley Elementary School. The Louise Rosenfield Noun Visionary Award honors advocates, activists, innovators and philanthropists whose contributions and body of work have made significant contributions toward the empowerment of girls and young women. Basu is a columnist at the Des Moines Register. Adams and Basu will be honored at the Young Women’s Resource Center’s annual gala, which will be held virtually on April 17. ....
The mirage of school choice masks the hard work sorely needed in education Randall Balmer, Another View contributor Supreme Court hears school choice, religious freedom case Replay Video UP NEXT As a graduate of Iowa public schools, I was saddened to read about the governor’s “school choice” proposal. Public education is one of our nation’s best ideas, and the persistent attempts on the part of politicians to undermine it with the misleading rhetoric of “choice” represents a real threat to the future of democracy. Known as “common schools” in the 19th century, public schools were devised as a way for those on the margins of society to better themselves and become upwardly mobile. The also became the most logical place perhaps the only place where future generations, especially within a pluralistic context, could coexist with at least a measure of comity and learn the rudiments of democracy. ....