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Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Steve Osborn has asked state lawmakers to exempt 17- and 18-year-old Guard members from being marked absent while performing guard duties
A version of proposed updates to Iowa’s science education standards — omitting the phrases “climate change” and “biological evolution” — is not the version a 37-member “Iowa Department of Education Science Standards Revision Team” signed off on, members said during a public forum Wednesday.
Families interested in theme-based learning for their children can enter the lottery for a chance to be placed in their chosen school outside their attendance boundary
The high school located in downtown Cedar Rapids opened in the fall of 2023 as a project-based school students can opt into
Land previously owned by Cedar Rapids’ first female surgeon Dr. Joan Tauke and her husband Donald
Just months after returning to the University of Iowa in spring 2024 following its removal for hazing in 2018 — when it was just re-establishing itself after closing in 2012 due to hazing — the UI chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon already is facing interim suspension, again, due to hazing allegations.
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The Exploring Education class is seeking 3-year-olds for high school students in the class to gain hands-on experience teaching social skills, literacy and math.
Also, Johnson County expands eligibility for its Childcare Assistance Incentive Program
Research for years has linked exercise with long-term health benefits, but a new University of Iowa study highlights ways to capitalize on the connection in a health care setting.
Just days before lawmakers convene Monday in Des Moines for the 2025 legislative session, the Republican chair of a new Iowa House Higher Education Committee sent a letter to the state Board of Regents advising it to reject a University of Iowa proposal to create a new “School of Social and Cultural Analysis.”
AEA staff to prioritize time in classrooms with teachers, students, sharing evidence-based teaching strategies
The State Board of Education voted Thursday to approve Empowering Excellence’s expansion, as well as six additional charter school applications on Thursday.
Adding to its more than 50 civil rights complaints in recent years accusing colleges, universities, and other academic institutions of race- and sex-based discrimination, the anti-affirmative action Equal Protection Project on Monday filed a federal complaint against the University of Northern Iowa.
The University of Northern Iowa has signed settlement agreements with five assistant professors promising them tenure and back pay after they filed grievances based on the institution’s initial denial of their promotion applications.
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