Iowa's Community College Basic Literacy Skills Credential Program Annual Report, 2002

The purpose of this report is to document the results of Iowa’s community college based basic literacy skills credential program for Program Year 2002 (July 1, 2001-June 30, 2002). The credentialing program is administered through Iowa’s community colleges and consists of four (4) components: (1) basic literacy skills certification, (2) Iowa High School Equivalency Diploma, (3) community college based adult high school diploma, and (4) traditional high school diploma. A brief description of each component is presented in the following sections.

Iowa's Community College Basic Literacy Skills Credential Program Annual Report, 2003

The purpose of this report is to document the results of Iowa’s community college based basic literacy skills credential program for Program Year 2003 (July 1, 2002-June 30, 2003). The credentialing program is administered through Iowa’s community colleges and consists of four (4) components: (1) basic literacy skills certification, (2) Iowa High School Equivalency Diploma, (3) community college based adult high school diploma, and (4) traditional high school diploma. A brief description of each component is presented in the following sections.

Iowa's Community College Basic Literacy Skills Credential Program Annual Report, 2004

The purpose of this report is to document the results of Iowa’s community college based basic literacy skills credential program for Program Year 2004 (July 1, 2003-June 30, 2004). The credentialing program is administered through Iowa’s community colleges and consists of four (4) components: (1) basic literacy skills certification, (2) Iowa High School Equivalency Diploma, (3) community college based adult high school diploma, and (4) traditional high school diploma. A brief description of each component is presented in the following sections.

Iowa's Community College Basic Literacy Skills Credential Program Annual Report, 2006

The purpose of this report is to document the results of Iowa’s community college based basic literacy skills credential program for Program Year 2006 (July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006). The credentialing program is administered through Iowa’s community colleges and consists of four (4) components: (1) basic literacy skills certification, (2) Iowa High School Equivalency Diploma, (3) community college based adult high school diploma, and (4) traditional high school diploma. A brief description of each component is presented in the following sections.

Iowa's Community college Basic Literacy Skills Credential Program Annual Report, 2005

The purpose of this report is to document the results of Iowa’s community college based basic literacy skills credential program for Program Year 2005 (July 1, 2004-June 30, 2005). The credentialing program is administered through Iowa’s community colleges and consists of four (4) components: (1) basic literacy skills certification, (2) Iowa High School Equivalency Diploma, (3) community college based adult high school diploma, and (4) traditional high school diploma. A brief description of each component is presented in the following sections.

Special investigation of Iowa Association of Skills USA-VICA, for the period September 1, 2001 through September 30, 2008

Special investigation of Iowa Association of Skills USA-VICA, for the period September 1, 2001 through September 30, 2008

Driving with Diminished Skills, August 6, 2007

Because driving is a complex task, drivers need to be sure they have the mental and physical capacity for driving safely as they experience changes with aging. Most drivers who are aware of their changing capacity to drive can adjust their driving plans and improve their driving habits to drive safer and longer.

Building World-Class Schools for Iowa: A Legislative Brief, January 14, 2013

The Iowa Department of Education has joined the Office of the Governor to prepare a set of legislative proposals that will bring Iowa closer to its goal of providing a world-class education to all children, no mater where they live. This legislative brief serves as an overview of the legislation, which I encourage you to read and discuss in greater detail. the goals behind these policies are straightforward: Comprehensive and systematically raise and support the teaching profession while expanding efforts to customize instruction to every student's passion and talents. Iowa's children deserve the best education can provide so they leave our schools with the knowledge and skills necessary for successful and rewarding lives. Iowa has many good schools with hard-working, talented educators who deserves our respect and appreciation. While we honor the past work of generations of Iowans who built a strong foundation, it is our responsibility - and our turn - to make a focused, dedicated effort to improve Iowa's schools. We stand at a pivotal moment in Iowa storied education history, in which we have the opportunity and will as community to make the transition from being "good" to being "great".

Library-instructional materials center skills, 1968

The School Library-Instructional Materials Center should be designed to serve the total curriculum of a school. Much of a teacher's learning comes when he works with a librarian to provide his students wit the necessary and appropriate skills for a unit of s study.