Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Community School District

The Cedar Rapids district says change is coming before 2021-2022 school year starts to address data showing racial disparities in allegations made against students

Black students in the Cedar Rapids district are far more likely to have allegations of criminal wrongdoing made against them than are white students -- and the disparity has been worsening,

The Cedar Rapids Community School District is one of the top three finalists for the first-ever award for excellence for implementing the science of reading.

Para educators in the Cedar Rapids Community School District are getting a pay raise of 17 cents this fall, the lowest pay increase in more than a decade.

Kennedy High School twin sisters -- who are advocating for the removal of school resource officers from the school district and for classes to include more Black history, literature and art -- are proud of themselves for speaking up for equity, but say they are ready to leave the “racial trauma” they experienced in Cedar Rapids’ schools behind after they graduated this week.

The graduation marked the first in-person Cedar Rapids Community School District commencement in two years because of the pandemic

In her valedictory speech Thursday, Kennedy High School graduate Allison Hubbell encouraged her peers to take the disruption caused by the pandemic and use it to explore who they want to become.

Iowa City Superintendent Matt Degner suspects more students to be put in quarantine if they are exposed to COVID-19 and not wearing masks

Students who are a part of Washington High School’s green team will continue to care for and water the trees this summer.

The district is officially registering community partners for the first time to better track how students are benefiting from these partnerships and what other resources might be needed.

Cedar Rapids teacher Kelly McMahon encourages schools to look into community-based model of education

Students 16 and up in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City high schools will be able to get the Pfizer vaccine May 12 and 13.

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Cedar Rapids Community School District is expanding its virtual academy to all K-12 grades, hiring the …

Kirkwood hopes to continue expanding program by reaching more students of color, potential first-generation college students

Families, community invited to April 25 event at orchard