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Kids will play, learn and grow at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor’s newest facility — named the Busse Unit — that opened Wednesday in the Wellington Heights neighborhood in southeast Cedar Rapids.

The Freshman Academy at Washington High School that is “soft launching” this fall will give incoming ninth-graders a “Washington Warrior hug” as they transition to high school, said Breanna Oxley, future teacher at the Academy.

Metro High School is sending six students and five teachers to Prague, Czech Republic in August as a part of a new state-funded pilot program to provide students career-connected learning opportunities throughout the summer.

The Iowa City school board on Tuesday approved wage increases for teachers, paraprofessionals, secretaries and nutrition service workers.

The Iowa National Guard is holding 24 community-based send-off ceremonies this week in honor of about 1,800 Iowa soldiers deploying to the Middle East.

The Iowa City school district is considering investing $104.6 million into the next round of projects in the district, including field houses and fine arts additions at the high schools, improvements to athletic fields, performance spaces, outdoor classrooms and playgrounds, and projects with community partners.

More than 200 middle school students have enrolled

Two Eastern Iowa high school students — from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City — are among the 16 students worldwide chosen for the eight-week Borlaug-Ruan International Internship.

Seniors feel prepared for life after high school thanks to rigorous academics, hands-on activities

A 28E Agreement signed last year details shared use of the facility expected to open next spring

A committee named BELIEVE in CR Schools to begin collecting voter signatures to get the issue on the ballot this November

City View Community High School is moving this fall from its location in downtown Cedar Rapids to the Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha. Iowa BIG, a project-based learning program in Cedar Rapids, will move into the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance — where City View is currently located.

Iowa City schools projected to have extra capacity of 7,322 students by the 2029-30 school year

A $117 million bond referendum is one step closer to going to voters in the Cedar Rapids Community School District after the school board on Monday unanimously approved petition language.

School bus drivers needed in Eastern Iowa, but shortage now less dire