More Iowa high school students are graduating with industry recognized credentials as the state homes in on work-based learning.
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More Iowa high school students are graduating with industry recognized credentials as the state homes in on work-based learning.
The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners is investigating allegations against three Clayton Ridge Community School District administrators.
Also in this week’s roundup of government news, Cedar Rapids gathers input from 700 residents about adding green spaces to the community
Due to last week’s winter storm that dumped nearly 15 inches of snow on the Cedar Falls-Waterloo area and a foot in many other communities, the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University are canceling classes Monday “to provide students more time to return to campus from Thanksgiving break.”
The hundreds of faculty, staff, students, and community members who offered feedback on the two finalists for Iowa State University president gave higher marks to and more positive comments for the candidate not chosen -- Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Benjamin Houlton.
Every fall in Coralville, the University of Iowa’s Center for the Book hosts one of only two mulberry harvests by universities in the country. The ancient Japanese tradition remains a key to preserving artifacts, conserving books and engaging the future of art.
Exceeding expectations in some patient categories — like those needing emergency care or to be admitted overnight — University of Iowa Health Care’s new orthopedics-focused hospital in North Liberty already is “becoming an anchor for the growing community” after just six months, officials said.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said the state is in a “good place” to receive nearly $157 million in federal education funding by block grant rather than through the U.S. Department of Education, arguing that it will help eliminate “bureaucracy.”
Cornell College will shut down degree programs in foreign languages and music after a review of “student enrollment data and student interest,” according to a message sent to students, staff and faculty.
Through Jan. 25, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has on international loan and display in its galleries an acclaimed early painting by American artist Georgia O’Keeffe — marking a rare opportunity for Midwesterners and a “culturally significant moment” for the region.
“He just had that kind of philosophical mind and artistic mind where he wanted to uncover truths about human life, or get students to ask questions about their meaning in life, or how to deal with some of the difficulties in life,” religious studies professor Diana Fritz Cates said. “It almost feels to me like he wanted to sometimes jolt people out of their complacency, to start asking more philosophical existential questions.
Also in this week’s Government Notes roundup, the Cedar Rapids City Council has given its OK for historic landmark designation of a former school site.
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