Aimed at adults, Critical Conversations dives deep into topics on race, social inequities and their impact on youth
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Aimed at adults, Critical Conversations dives deep into topics on race, social inequities and their impact on youth
Outdoor activities, singalongs and a warm breakfast at Jack Splat!, a free outdoor event in Iowa City for kids
History is full of tales and texts of ghosts and goblins and demons and haunts that — in some ways — remain relevant today and should not be forgotten, according to a University of Iowa professor who teaches a course to that end on one specific sect of storied boogeyman: witches.
Demand for career and technical education classes is “through the roof,” but inadequate infrastructure forces teachers to turn students away at Cedar Rapids schools.
Also, Linn County supervisors award $50,000 in community attraction grants
District officials answered additional questions following Gazette forum
The path Kristie Fisher took from student at Prairie High School in the 1980s to president of Kirkwood Community College today was a lot longer and more winding than the two miles of physical distance that separate the schools on the south end of Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids residents received a mailer earlier this month from Rick David and Barclay Woerner, two of nine candidates running for four seats on the Cedar Rapids school board. The Gazette’s Fact Checker looked at 11 claims on the mailer about incumbents Cindy Garlock, Dexter Merschbrock, Jennifer Neumann and David Tominsky.
Food pantries on each of Iowa’s public universities have seen huge usage spikes of late – coinciding with rising tuition rates, soaring food prices and shifting demographics in a state seeing more first-generation, low-income and minority high school graduates headed to college.
Harding, Maple Grove and Viola Gibson achieve “high performing” rating in the Iowa School Report Card.
The tumultuous and twisting Mercy Iowa City bankruptcy took another stunning turn Friday when the hospital revealed in a court filing that earlier in the day it re-opened the auction it already closed and changed its mind about who won – declaring the University of Iowa as having made the “higher or otherwise better” bid, instead of its largest bondholder Preston Hollow.
Two years ago, in summer of 2021, the NCAA suspended generations-old rules barring student-athletes from monetizing their “name, image, and likeness” – ushering in a new era allowing collegiate stars to capitalize on their fame.
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