The Iowa Center for School Mental Health, founded last summer with $20 million in federal pandemic relief money, will be renamed the Scanlan Center for School Mental Health after the gift from the Chicago-based Scanlan Family Foundation.
The funding, made available through the bipartisan federal infrastructure law passed in 2021, will give grants to districts looking to swap old buses with more energy-efficient models.
Hundreds of students were referred to and waiting for school-based therapy services, the Cedar Rapids Community School District last month reported.
Teenagers get a chance to try hobbies and recreational activities like Pickleball, archery, kayaking and mountain biking
Emails obtained by The Gazette indicate the enrollment process this summer has been more challenging than others — and potentially more problematic for students aiming to complete degree requirements and graduate in four years.
Due to a larger-than-expected freshmen class headed to the University of Iowa next month – meaning strong demand for on-campus housing for the fall semester – UI has announced several measures aimed at mitigating crowding in its residence halls.
Certified teacher added to the 10-week summer school program this year to help address K-5 graders gaps in reading and math.
The day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade – upending nearly 50 years of precedent by finding no constitutional right to an abortion exists – University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson emailed the UI community asking that the campus remains “a place for open and respectful discussion of differences.”
Bolstered by tens of millions in federal stimulus and COVID aid, both of Iowa’s public research universities busted external funding records in fiscal 2022 – by $49 million at the University of Iowa and $42.6 million at Iowa State University.
“It revealed just innumerable galaxies in this one deep image, staring back to almost the dawn of the universe,” she said. “It’s seeing galaxies that were just forming. I was at a loss for words. I was just absolutely stunned.”
Iowa Safe Schools director of public policy says the department is being ‘thorough’ on updating ‘oudated language’
Cedar Rapids school board votes to reduce the number of school resource officers in schools from seven to five
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