Black Student Unions, culturally responsive curriculum and equity groups lead the way toward decreasing the achievement gap between Black and white students
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Black Student Unions, culturally responsive curriculum and equity groups lead the way toward decreasing the achievement gap between Black and white students
Board member Dexter Merschbrock said the amended agreement is a “good first step” but said the board needs to be intentional about reviewing data about the program monthly, which will be provided as a part of the contract.
Nearly a quarter of Iowa public school students are in districts that have experienced significant COVID-19 outbreaks this year, according to a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent the state from enforcing a law banning mask mandates in schools.
Faculty across Iowa’s public universities are continuing to demand the right to mandate masks in the classroom — looping in attorneys and considering resolutions urging faculty, regardless of state law or campus policy, to act in their own best interest and that of their students and the community.
Six of Iowa City schools’ 370 classrooms, including two classes at Horn Elementary and one at Wickham Elementary School, were affected by the Weighted Resource Allocation Model after the first day of school this year.
Nonetheless, with little public discussion so far, the board is scheduled to vote on the contentious issue of school resource officers.
The school district and police department have been working to revise the current agreement to make 13 recommended changes, with the goal of reducing arrests and charges against all students by half or more, and of bringing a 50 percent or greater reduction in the disproportionality of arrests of Black students.
“It came a lot faster than I thought it would,” UI sophomore Lyman, 20, told The Gazette on Friday, the day after UI Athletics announced plans to become the first Power Five conference school to add women’s wrestling. “It’s exciting to see Iowa doing it first – that’s a big thing.”
District establishes metrics to be considered in determining when mask requirement for students and staff can safely end.
Hawkeye Athletics had been considering the idea for years, Athletics director Gary Barta said, noting growing national interest in the sport while more women are attending colleges.
Iowa schools must offer computer classes by 2022, but $3.7 million is available now to help.
When prominent animal behavior scientist and autism advocate Temple Grandin stands before a Coe College crowd this evening, she plans to pose a question: “What would have happened to Einstein in today’s educational system, since he had no speech until he was 3?”
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