Iowa House Republicans’ plan would increase starting teacher pay to $50K, add funding to boost salaries for veteran teachers, and establish a $15 minimum wage for support staff
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Iowa House Republicans’ plan would increase starting teacher pay to $50K, add funding to boost salaries for veteran teachers, and establish a $15 minimum wage for support staff
The University of Iowa has initiated a national search for a new vice president for research — a key member of the president’s cabinet — after announcing last week that J. Martin (Marty) Scholtz is resigning after five years.
States including Iowa envision showing a video like the one from from group opposed to abortion rights.
The scores of less than 1 percent of the Iowa students in special education are being cited by the governor as the primary reason she is proposing to overhaul the state’s area education agencies.
Recap of news from across the state
Kirkwood Community College will pay its new President Kristie Fisher — officially inaugurated this week — an annual salary of $350,000 for the budget year that ends June 30, according to her three-year contract.
As the University of Iowa reshapes its west campus to accommodate a massive new $1 billion inpatient tower, $249 million Health Sciences Academic Building, and other renovation and expansion projects across its health care and athletic operations — administrators are eyeing not one, but now two new parking ramps.
For just the sixth time in Kirkwood Community College history, the 58-year-old campus on Wednesday inaugurated a new president -- and Kristie Fisher, who officially started her tenure Oct. 30, did not want all the pomp and circumstance of a ceremony.
‘Unsung Heroes’ commemorated five community leaders amid a night of music, retelling of history.
The University of Iowa is looking to lease 65,760 square feet of warehouse, office, and support space on ACT Inc.’s former Iowa City campus for use by UI Health Care’s pharmacy services group.
In an effort to save money and better allocate resources, the University of Iowa is planning to close several off-campus centers — including the Tippie College of Business Cedar Rapids Learning Center on Second Avenue SE.
University of Northern Iowa’s Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention -- which for more than a decade has been working to address violence through education, training, engagement and collaboration -- on March 7 will host a free screening of the documentary, “This is Where I Learned Not to Sleep.”
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