School district to make significant changes to limit the use of physical restraint and response to student behavior in settlement with U.S. Department of Justice
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School district to make significant changes to limit the use of physical restraint and response to student behavior in settlement with U.S. Department of Justice
17-year-old Kira Sharp graduated from COMPASS last week to a round of applause, high fives and hugs
Although University of Iowa held steady at its overall national rank of No. 83 in U.S. News & World Report’s new “2022-2023 Best Colleges” assessment out Monday, the campus surged past a string of Ivy League schools on its list of best writing programs to claim the No. 2 spot in the country.
When officials with UIHC’s Eating Disorder Program on Sept. 1 called a meeting to announce plans to phase out the inpatient portion, one patient said, “I have never seen that many staff members cry.”
Over the next five budget years, the University of Iowa and its health care enterprise plan to spend more than $1.4 billion on new construction and renovations – including $620.9 million on a new inpatient hospital tower and $212 million on a new “modern health care research facility.”
Cedar Rapids church is taking a break next year from its annual sale of the pastries, as a new education building -- and kitchen -- is built. This year’s sale will be Saturday morning, Sept. 17.
A decade after the University of Iowa could last call itself the largest higher education institution in the state, UI this fall has reclaimed that distinction – reporting higher total enrollment than Iowa State University for the first time since 2012.
Statewide results comparable to Eastern Iowa schools
Iowa high schools are investing in apprenticeships for students to get experience in careers in need of employees.
Attorneys in federal court on Tuesday debated the issues of bullying, harassment, parental rights, school obligations, and free speech in arguing for and against Linn-Mar's new policy aimed at protecting transgender and nonbinary students.
The services, offered through the Iowa Department of Management, are not a response recent cybersecurity breaches in the Cedar Rapids and Linn-Mar school districts.
Marking its highest requested state funding increase in nearly a decade, Iowa’s Board of Regents is seeking $34.7 million more in education appropriations from the Legislature for the next budget year – due, in part, to soaring inflation.
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