Education

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, in her annual Condition of the State address last month, said Iowa needs to increase reading outcomes for elementary students. Last year, state test scores reported 34 percent of third-graders are not proficient in reading and writing skills. Under a proposed bill, Iowa colleges and universities would be required to train teachers in the “science of reading.” But what is it?

Data has the power to heal, unite, and inspire — or destroy, divide, and devastate — and which of those outcomes materializes depends on the people using the data and their understanding of the people it represents, according to former and first-ever

A former University of Northern Iowa student faces charges of threatening a dean and her husband and threatening to shoot a university staff member.

Mélisse Brunet’s lawsuit, filed in Polk County District Court, alleges gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and unequal pay violations of the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

Cedar Rapids school board to consider agreement with Shive-Hattery to guide the district in planning for possible November 2025 referendum.

Overall, fewer students enrolled in credit-earning courses across Iowa’s 15 community colleges in the full 2023 academic year – even as more students than ever before jointly enrolled in one or more courses while still in high school.

Also, bill advances to limit ‘obscene performances’

Democrats’ proposal would freeze tuition, while Republicans would cap tuition increases for undergrads