Best practice for K-12 schools is to offer one psychologist per 500 students, but Iowa is far lacking — at one per 1,900 students, with its outlook “worsening,” according to the National Association of School Psychologists.
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Vanessa Miller Higher Ed Mar. 22, 2023 6:30 am1d ago
Best practice for K-12 schools is to offer one psychologist per 500 students, but Iowa is far lacking — at one per 1,900 students, with its outlook “worsening,” according to the National Association of School Psychologists.
Erin Murphy, Emily Andersen Crime and Courts Mar. 21, 2023 5:30 pm23h ago
Schools districts and police departments across Iowa were dealing with “swatting” calls Tuesday morning, in which someone made false reports of active shooter situations at schools.
State Government Mar. 20, 2023 3:15 pm2d ago
Teri Patrick bristles at the idea she wants to ban books about LGBTQ issues in Iowa schools, arguing her only goal is ridding schools of sexually explicit material.
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Local Government Mar. 20, 2023 12:24 pm3d ago
The city is seeking public input on the plan, which is available on the city’s website.
K-12 Education Mar. 17, 2023 6:00 am6d ago
A law passed last year by Iowa legislators allows schools to stock Narcan for free, and Cedar Rapids has taken advantage of that.
Higher Ed Mar. 14, 2023 5:15 pm7d ago
A state lawmaker said he plans to still move legislation that would dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa
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Education Mar. 14, 2023 2:24 pm8d ago
The Linn-Mar school board has announced the three finalists for superintendent of the school district. They include two Iowa City deputy superintendents and a superintendent from northwest Wisconsin. Interviews will be March 22.
K-12 Education Mar. 10, 2023 5:00 am12d ago
Nutrition services departments carrying more unpaid meal debt since federal waivers for school breakfast, lunch expired
Higher Ed Mar. 9, 2023 4:39 pm16d ago
Fifty years after Iowa began collecting and analyzing data on residents diagnosed with cancer through its Iowa Cancer Registry, statistics reveal Iowa has the second-highest cancer incidence rate in the nation and is the only state with a rising rate of cancer.
Higher Ed Mar. 9, 2023 5:17 pm12d ago
The union representing 3,800 University of Iowa Health Care workers has announced the ratification of its “strongest contract for our members in Iowa since the changes to Chapter 20 in 2017.”
Iowa Hawkeyes Mar. 9, 2023 5:10 pm12d ago
University of Iowa Athletics will reimburse the state for the $2 million taxpayers covered of a $4.2 million deal to settle a discrimination lawsuit 12 former football players filed against UI Athletics and its coaches, UI President Barbara Wilson said Thursday morning.
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State Government Mar. 8, 2023 7:23 pm13d ago
Also, language barrier grants go to Iowa businesses
K-12 Education Mar. 10, 2023 2:41 pm12d ago
Voters in Solon and Iowa Valley school districts said “yes” Tuesday to school bond referendums that will fund facility improvements.
Higher Ed Mar. 8, 2023 6:04 pm13d ago
University of Iowa Athletics’ 2023 “diversity, equity, and inclusion five-year action plan” — which the department will get help operationalizing under terms of a new discrimination lawsuit settlement — lists 20-plus “actionable activities,” like designing “spotlight recognition awards for DE&I teams and departments who exemplify our values.”
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