President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives.
The group hopes to expand the 3 Dimensions of Education program to a total of 22 Iowa schools and 13,640 student by 2030.
Also, Cedar Rapids schools names new principals at Washington High, Taft Middle schools
After 10 years at The Eastern Iowa Airport, Marty Lenss is putting a lifetime of diverse aviation experience to work at Coe College’s new aviation management program.
Construction is set to start next week at Jefferson High School to begin an expansion that will provide extra space for the Cedar Rapids Community School District’s future College & Career Pathways program.
As part of sweeping cuts across a broad swath of U.S. departments and agencies, $35 million in federal grants and contracts headed to the University of Iowa’s 105-year-old IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering center have been placed on hold.
After strident pushback from Republican lawmakers who accused the University of Iowa of falling short of its mandate to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts on campus, UI officials on Thursday announced plans to close its renamed “Division of Access, Opportunity and Diversity.”
A former Iowa City West High School paraeducator pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with a student. He would meet her near the school during the day and take her to a residence in Coralville for sexual contact. He faces up to 5 years, but will ask for a deferred judgment and probation.
A legislative proposal aimed at upping Iowa-resident enrollment in the UI Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry could deprive the institution of $5.7 million in out-of-state tuition income over a four-year span, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency.
“The proposed revisions clarify expectations regarding university management and oversight of institutional social media accounts,” according to a summary of those policy revisions, which came back before the board for approval in February. “The universities are generally expected to refrain from issuing statements on political, social, or public policy matters.”
Three years after getting the state OK to build an ambulatory surgery center near the booming North Liberty-Tiffin border, Steindler Orthopedic Clinic is two weeks from opening a 100,000-square-foot facility on March 24.
Iowa State University graduate school programs have started rescinding offers to prospective students as departments scramble to respond to funding uncertainties.
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