Federal GEAR UP funding is designed to help districts with large shares of low-income students prepare those students for post-high school education and training.
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Federal GEAR UP funding is designed to help districts with large shares of low-income students prepare those students for post-high school education and training.
New student-focused apartment complexes, which together will add nearly 2,000 beds to the Iowa City rental market, are being built at a time when Iowa’s higher education system is
Taking a cue from last year’s Legislature, Iowa’s public universities for the upcoming session have made significant “special purpose” funding requests that would focus on rural health care, rural development and teacher recruitment.
Thursday was deadline for nomination to be on Nov. 7 ballot
As a swimmer, coach, teacher and administrator at Cedar Rapids Washington, Chris Cruise had a drive to succeed and nothing gave him more joy than seeing his students strive for and achieve success. That fighting spirit was extinguished on Thursday. Cruise's wife, Kim, announced Thursday night on social media that the Hall of Fame coach, who had been diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in August, had “passed away peacefully” at home.
Since starting July 1, Ballard — a former teacher and principal in the Cedar Rapids district — has helped fill more than 60 open teaching positions.
A new middle school, improvements to high schools and career and technical education are part of the plan.
Bondholders demand the foundation ‘effectively empty the coffers’
The University of Iowa next week will ask the Board of Regents to give various forms of approval for up to $180 million worth of construction in the coming months and years — including a new $20 million gymnastics and spirit squad training center and an updated Hawkeye football team locker room.
The Cedar Rapids school board is expected to approve resolution Thursday ordering a Nov. 7 referendum.
Receiving no increase in general education funding from the Legislature in its last session, Iowa’s Board of Regents for the upcoming term has more than halved its ask from last year’s $32 million to $14.8 million.
Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s Saturday in Iowa City; Oct. 14 in Cedar Rapids
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