Articles Tagged: Grant Wood AEA

Grant Wood AEA buys virtual welding simulators, partners with area businesses to get Eastern Iowa students in apprenticeships

Democrats argue Republicans are intentionally underfunding education in Iowa, noting the state has a nearly $2 billion general fund budget surplus, full cash reserves and a Taxpayer Relief Fund projected to total nearly $3.4 billion by the end of next fiscal year.

Continuing education credits also available for teachers

Educators say social-emotional learning can help improve students’ mental health, decrease bullying and teach career readiness skills

Grant Wood AEA training teachers in four school districts in a model designed to strengthen the teacher-child relationship.

How Iowa schools adopt course curriculum after Florida’s education department rejects over 50 textbooks because of ‘woke content’

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.

During the pandemic, students discovered what learning environments worked best for them at home. Now, schools are trying to replicate the experience of that physical environment.

Partnership with Foundation 2 provides access to trained mental health professionals for all 32 school districts.