The U.S. presidential candidates from both parties have taken part in numerous debates and forums over the summer but precious little attention has been focused on education -- that it not until the ISEA stepped in!On Saturday, Aug. 18 -- the day before a nationally televised Democratic candidates' debate was held at Drake University in Des Moines -- the ISEA ran an ad in the Des Moines Register calling on the candidates to put education on the radar screen. The result? The candidates had their first in-depth discussion on education issues where most rejected merit pay plans based on a single test score and they called for an overhaul of the No Child Left Behind law.
The ad is the first in a series of activities the ISEA will conduct leading up the caucuses. Come back to our Web site soon for complete information about the caucuses.
Download a copy of the ad .
