College Community School District is launching a program with the upcoming school year that educators hope will immerse kids in learning through play. CCSD says it is among the first school districts in Iowa to implement the learning model.
University of Iowa Health Care is looking to expand and further cement its “commitment to serving Cedar Rapids” by capitalizing on the retirement of a private practitioner and buying his 37,850-square-foot medical office building.
Executive leadership staff span a 6 to 22 percent increase in proposed salaries as they take on new and expanded roles
The Academy for Scholastic & Personal Success’ summer program provides high school students an education they can’t find in a public school classroom. It teaches students about Black history, literature, math, science and financial literacy. The 2025 summer session concludes Friday with a closing ceremony.
Iowa State University Athletics — facing a $147 million budget deficit through 2031, or just under $25 million annually over the next six years — is rolling out painful concessions, including indefinitely postponing construction of a new wrestling practice facility and $25 million renovation of Hilton Coliseum.
Looking to “unify, amplify, and expand” its internationally-acclaimed writing programs, the University of Iowa on Thursday unveiled plans for a new Office of Writing and Communication.
Although most studies measuring premature-baby outcomes start at 22 and 23 weeks — reporting U.S. survival rates between 10 and 20 percent at that gestation — University of Iowa Health Care is among the few hospital systems that take on babies at 21 weeks.
The Iowa City school board unanimously voted to restore “gender identity” to a dozen antibullying and harassment policies Tuesday, a reversal of an earlier decision to remove the words to align with a new Iowa law.
Wrapping two decades of service shepherding billions of dollars of philanthropy to the University of Iowa and its auxiliary enterprises like Athletics and UI Health Care, UI Center for Advancement President and CEO Lynette Marshall on Wednesday announced plans to retire in summer 2026.
On the eve of what was to be the public launch of Iowa State University’s search for its next president, a 12-member committee urged a rewrite and restructuring of the position description to prioritize candidate expectations — from traditional presidential qualities to outside-the-box attributes deemed imperative in a changing higher education world.
The launch of twin NASA satellites built by University of Iowa researchers was called off Tuesday, and will be attempted again on Wednesday.
There were more than 300 physical restraints of students in the Cedar Rapids Community School District during the 2024-25 school year — an increase from around 200 the year prior. But the U.S. Department of Justice reports there’s been a “noticeable improvement“ in employees’ understanding of problem solving and de-escalation.
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