The Quad-City (IA) Times (8/5, Boshart) reports that in a speech to the Iowa State Education Association and others Wednesday, Culver "also pledged support for...raising graduation rates for minority students, eliminating the so-called 'achievement gap' by improving curriculum, programs and instruction, boosting professional development, and emphasizing money management for Iowa students." He also noted that the four percent "in 'allowable growth' funding for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2011" would have a price tag ranging "between $300 million and $400 million." The Mason City (IA) Globe (8/5, Boshart) also covers the story.
