{"id":45300,"date":"2026-04-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/19\/school-choice-is-booming-in-iowa-are-students-better-off-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:00:00","slug":"school-choice-is-booming-in-iowa-are-students-better-off-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/19\/school-choice-is-booming-in-iowa-are-students-better-off-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"School choice is booming in Iowa. Are students better off? &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxOazh6VlpMRlJxWHNFSVlITXhJRHNWMFBMWm9wb0F2a1NqM3pwNFRBRF9HdE5ybGxPUU9IaDJOTkpVT2ZTNFVPZ192WVVNQ3Q0RjJmd19WWVdQNWV3TC03RDNFOFFyQ19TaDhpVDBaSkdEMmtpYWpzXzhSWVA4NzFJTUpVMEF2TkNraEZ3OHdMaGdDV2tldm9qNDFlUTgwN0txT09jVlJiWUVlSWFMYmNZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">School choice is booming in Iowa. Are students better off?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3gFBVV95cUxQbHp2aHhhQ0xINkVjQ0kzbEpiZmpTQWg2LVVadnVTclhycHY1amlrVUROc1oyQkZVNktUYlNBaWNNMzBPNTNHcmdRWmp3RU1TbVd0NWkyai0xdnptb2xSaVZtV3FZRkw2ZnlhSXVpVWZPYVZ1TTVSZ2NQd1lrMFM0N1lBRXFuNm5HbE1Ea1hHTURiZnIzTDh1NHctN3IzVUVnamkyV2RlMGdPcXFheUhWSHJZem1mYjFyN3c2dG9jblppTU1YcnZoMVJaM0drNlNjZWRwZVN5NE9Yc3JnNnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">In one Iowa city, public schools compete in the free market. Are students better off?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NCPR: North Country Public Radio<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9gFBVV95cUxQNGYzLU9mLXVYVEpSQ0thVVBtQVFzcUdCVUNDSHBjZ21xRHdnZ3A3X0QtdUFWcVdWejVNNHpqTnBDX1JFbTFzYXBsWHZlSzRxcFhvOUpFelozODlKbFg2QTVJSHdSQ1ktOUl4OHd4Y1hwUkRPT29RMDBVUV9RZjNqUmN4LS1jWTFETlplbTI3S1c3TkFGOWl1Y3kwOTZxNWU1X2V3V3dlNFp0RTN0STJUWkZDc3Z2eG52NlZRMDBxaWlIdmVQNi02aVVJOFk4Znd0Nkc3dFdfSHlZcktLNjltQ2VGS0hRUDVzcHFjbnFwR2tJRWVHSXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How can Iowa schools move from competition to collaboration? 2026 Iowa Ideas In-Depth Day<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">thegazette.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxQS2EwcmRTRXNkd0l5QmZRMGliYWx6ZHJxTmRmSzZ2Q0NHcDFHSXFSeVZxMkMzZkJYUnZzaFo1ZWhtT1dpcGRWcVRLTjVteEI3WGJRTmc1MmJkOWd4Z0RPZFZzUl9lZV9sa0lsaWcwVXp6QUd4eDZPQTYtUFQyLUJNdmZSeG5wRHF2cjFIY1Nja25seUFrNVo0Y3pWX2JEWUE5M0NyN2daaEdDcHlVcmh3dzh3WEs1RW14NG9nc1VpRkZNVURKUFpFYTZVYzFEZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Accountability, access, and the reality of school choice in Iowa<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Ames Tribune<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1wFBVV95cUxPdWdDcHF5Q2R5SFZSQ0M3T0JmUU1DcFhzZk5kU0QtaGVyN280ZlYzYVlLNmNjMHdqemlteWlFc2xDSmtPZmRYMEQ5OFhmR1V0MjBrM0Nqa1FEcDhqelNIVmowNHNUaEd2X0F4clNoRXI0azA1V2lZU1dRZlhTN2w3NVM5Sml3THFPMFRYTXN2TlV4cEdkZzJ0T0dJYVRNTHRPSDR2RFVhdXpJUWdNNnQ5TUYwR0hKc2w1YlR6ajI3MVJ3QWJ6YlhHNkVDSjBqME5HYkVOaC0xVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Guy Ciarrocchi: School choice works, is popular, and saves us money. Why do Democratic leaders attack it?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Broad + Liberty<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School choice is booming in Iowa. Are students better off?&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR In one Iowa city, public schools compete in the free market. Are students better off?&nbsp;&nbsp;NCPR:&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/19\/school-choice-is-booming-in-iowa-are-students-better-off-npr\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}