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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401

Grace King
My passion for journalism began as a freshman at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids writing for the student newspaper. I take the responsibility of K-12 education reporter for The Gazette seriously, knowing that my interactions with students may be the first time they’ve spoken with a journalist. I love visiting Eastern Iowa schools and asking students what they want to be when they grow up, what their favorite subject is in school and why. And I get to speak with educators about the innovative ways they’re teaching their students. When I’m not reporting, I’m making dinner with my husband, at the dog park with our Goldendoodle, Sage, or reading a library book. Get the latest news delivered right to your inbox.
Latest Articles by Grace King
K-12 Education Apr. 28, 2022 12:11 pm
Next superintendent Corey Seymour, who was named in February, will begin July 1.
K-12 Education Apr. 26, 2022 4:36 pm
Polk Alternative Education Center to serve K-12 students with behavior challenges beginning this fall
K-12 Education Apr. 26, 2022 6:05 pm
Black students are 3.36 times more likely to be charged than white students in Cedar Rapids schools.
K-12 Education Apr. 25, 2022 6:00 am
Middle and high school students hard at work improving their archery technique after success at Iowa schools state tournament last month
K-12 Education Apr. 22, 2022 6:00 am
Green teams are interactive, educational programs in Cedar Rapids schools that empower students and staff to help the environment through waste reduction, energy and water conservation, and environmental education.
K-12 Education Apr. 22, 2022 12:23 pm
Johnnie Each, a junior at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids, is Iowa’s second student poetry ambassador. The program began in 2021, inspired by presidential inauguration poet Amanda Gorman.
K-12 Education Apr. 18, 2022 2:20 pm
Save CR Heritage launches petition to add closure of Garfield Elementary to the Cedar Rapids school board agenda in May
K-12 Education Apr. 18, 2022 6:00 am
Linn-Mar school board’s first consideration of proposed policies to protect transgender students passes 5-2.
K-12 Education Apr. 15, 2022 6:00 am
As part of an initiative to build the computer science education capacity at Iowa schools, the state’s area education agencies have been awarded nearly $1 million in grants to provide professional development to more than 830 educators.
K-12 Education Apr. 15, 2022 6:00 am
The Iowa City school district eliminated most of its seclusion rooms in 2018 after a state investigation, but the rooms are still occasionally needed for student safety. The district reported a seclusion room was used 27 times in the 2020-21 school year, down 1,400 in the 2018-19 school year.
K-12 Education Apr. 15, 2022 6:33 pm
West Willow Elementary students and staff are finding their stride in the first new school building in the Cedar Rapids Community School District to be built in nearly 20 years.
K-12 Education Apr. 13, 2022 8:42 pm
About 100 students at Boulder Peak Intermediate School in Marion were among the Iowa students casting votes and learning how democracy works.
K-12 Education Apr. 13, 2022 5:48 pm
Advocates for the program say the closure will create challenges for teen parents trying to finish high school.
Health Care and Medicine Apr. 13, 2022 4:03 pm
State and federal guidelines call for mask use in early care and education facilities for those 2 and up. The Marion parents have a 19-month old they want to wear a mask at day care.
K-12 Education Apr. 12, 2022 6:00 am
Early childhood educators and paraprofessionals are two career fields facing workforce shortages.