Iowa students will be more engaged in their learning and with their peers as they head back to school this fall under new policies restricting the use of cellphones and other personal electronic devices during the school day, educators say.
A letter of intent has been signed for the Cedar Rapids school district to purchase a property adjacent to Van Buren Elementary School, allowing the district to relocate an access road that will be built to service the new school building planned for the site.
The Cedar Rapids school board did not approve a personnel report in a 4-3 vote Monday, so that it can further consider proposed changes in central office staff “responsibilities and pay.”
Just over a month after suing the University of Northern Iowa for alleged age discrimination, the campus’ former student health director has settled — taking $222,193 to walk away from her job.
With its new flight school and aviation management program set to launch next month, Coe College has announced a new partnership with Kansas City-based ATD Flight Systems – affording students an expedited exam process and ticket behind the control wheel.
The Cedar Rapids school board unanimously approved the new contract with Superintendent Tawana Grover effective July 1, and ending June 30, 2028. Grover requested no salary increase as part of the extension.
Neighbors Monday voiced their concerns about how new schools replacing Hoover and Van Buren will encroach on their properties and alter the natural environment surrounding the current school facilities.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, beginning Monday, the Boyson Road bridge over I-380 and all four ramps will close for 20 working days.
Oliver Matalon is a second-grade problem solver, and last month he was awarded a national award for his invention that fixes a problem he kept running into: recessed seat belt buckles.
Four anonymous University of Iowa students in April sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for terminating, without explanation or due process, their status in the Student Exchange Visitor System — compelling a judge days later to grant a temporary restraining order blocking the terminations and other government threats.
There’s a risk that comes with having long hair while welding. But Iowa State University student Boluwarin Ojo didn’t want to cut her hair. So she came up with a product to solve her problem. A program at ISU has given her time and money to develop the idea this summer, and she’s already won two pitch contests as she works toward bringing her product to market.
Tanager’s Bridge to the Future scholarships — launched in 2019 thanks to an anonymous $1 million donation — have helped 44 young adults pursue their dreams. This year, the nonprofit surpassed $350,000 in gifts, and it’s still going strong.
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