Grace King

Linn-Mar High School freshman meet weekly with a teacher to help guide their social-emotional learning and navigate high school.

Child care and preschool centers that care for children younger than 5 — too young to qualify for a COVID vaccine — are navigating rising cases of the virus in Eastern Iowa.

Police are investigating a second fatal shooting in less than 24 hours in southeast Cedar Rapids, and court records show the two men who died had been involved in a fight in 2020.

Cedar Rapids Community School District community partnerships making data-driven decisions.

The appeals panel found that a mask requirement is a “reasonable accommodation” for students with disabilities.

The event, with a free clinic followed by a pay-to-play tournament, is open to the public.

Superintendent Noreen Bush said it is “increasingly clear” more time is needed to develop the magnet high school.

Autumn Pino will become shared superintendent for the Lisbon and Springville school districts on July 1.

Schools end notifications after Linn and Johnson county public health departments announced an end to COVID-19 contact tracing efforts earlier this month.

Today, historically redlined neighborhoods are connected to a variety of poor health conditions, lower life expectancy, police brutality, less access to healthy food, retail depression and gentrification. About 30 percent of Black people in Iowa own their homes compared to 75 percent of white people.

Kayla Purchase and Janessa Carr chosen for the “Who Is My Neighbor?” award because they “exhibit care and compassion and seek justice for all.”

Eastern Iowa superintendents consider how much snow is expected, if the wind is causing snow drifts that could make it dangerous to travel, the temperature and wind chill in making their decisions about a snow day

Eastern Iowa schools struggle to find creative solutions to keep classrooms functioning with record-high numbers of absences from COVID-19.

Eastern Iowa child care providers will be adding almost 700 new child care slots after being awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars through Iowa’s Child Care Grants Project.

The agreement with Champions will provide extended learning opportunities for Cedar Rapids students and families and will include before and after school programming, summer programming and wraparound services for preschool students.