The opening of the performance hall adds a third space at the high school for performances and gatherings and seats 1,200. The other two performing spaces — Little Theatre and auditorium — seat 300 and 800 patrons respectively.
Republican state legislators are advancing bills that would strengthen requirements for educators’ hiring and licensing, and increase penalties for school applicants who falsify resume information.
The bill would prevent school agreements with public libraries to provide students with access to books and other materials.
Lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill to require all undergraduates attending a public university in Iowa to take survey courses on American history and American government -- despite pushback from Democratic lawmakers concerned with the cost, available faculty, and added pressure on students’ schedules.
Survey results show families, staff and residents of the Cedar Rapids Community School District prefer a plan to move to an intermediate school model over other plans in an effort to reduce at least $6 million more from the annual budget.
John Hollemon III selected to succeed founder and CEO Ruth White on March 1
University of Iowa Health Care has agreed to pay $1.5 million to a Scott County woman who nearly a decade ago in 2017 suffered a lacerated ureter near her bladder during surgery for perforated diverticulosis.
Public schools across Iowa will struggle to pay their bills if the state’s general funding for K-12 schools increases by just 1.75 percent — as proposed by Republican lawmakers — education advocates warned Tuesday during a legislative hearing.
Iowa’s Department of Administrative Services acted irrationally, illogically, and capriciously — and abused its discretion — when it exonerated itself of any wrongdoing in closing, without warning or public discussion, the State Historical Society’s Iowa City research center, according to a new lawsuit filed by a private, nonprofit organization formed 43 years ago to preserve Iowa’s history.
County supervisors are seeking community feedback on a draft ordinance outlining where and how data center development can occur in Linn County.
The University of Iowa is reviewing undergraduate majors with low enrollment – like African American studies and gender, women’s, and sexuality studies – after the Board of Regents last year mandated a comprehensive study of how well campus programs are meeting workforce needs and student demands.
Close to 200 students at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids walked out of school at noon Friday as part of a nationwide protest calling for “no work, no school, no shopping” to oppose federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities. A little more than two miles away, about a 100 more people protested near Coe College in downtown Cedar Rapids.
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