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Articles Tagged: Iowa City Community School District
K-12 Education Apr. 12, 2022 6:00 am
Early childhood educators and paraprofessionals are two career fields facing workforce shortages.
K-12 Education Apr. 11, 2022 6:00 am
Iowa City’s school taxes to increase 8 cents from previous fiscal year. But under the state's rollback formula, most property owner’s school tax levy will decrease slightly — around a $44 reduction for the year.
K-12 Education Mar. 9, 2022 4:31 pm
School board members open to idea four-day week with more of a year-round calendar.
K-12 Education Mar. 2, 2022 8:47 am
District officials continue to encourage indoor mask use for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to our schools, regardless of vaccination status.
K-12 Education Feb. 23, 2022 9:23 am
InquirEd asks an essential question students answer through inquiry-based learning and discovery.
K-12 Education Feb. 21, 2022 6:00 am
A new Iowa law that bans teaching “divisive concepts” is having a “chilling effect” on culturally responsive teaching and diversity, equity and inclusion in K-12 schools, some Iowa education experts say. Critical Race Theory is not actually mentioned in the law.
K-12 Education Feb. 4, 2022 6:00 am
Upon graduating from the University of Iowa, students in the Grow Our Own program are guaranteed a position with the Iowa City Community School District, if there is an opening.
K-12 Education Jan. 19, 2022 6:00 am
Schools end notifications after Linn and Johnson county public health departments announced an end to COVID-19 contact tracing efforts earlier this month.
K-12 Education Dec. 27, 2021 6:00 am
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.
K-12 Education Dec. 18, 2021 8:34 am
The incident occurred on a day that an anonymous, nationwide threat against schools called Friday “American School Shooting Day.”
K-12 Education Dec. 16, 2021 7:55 am
Community members and students voice concerns that the Iowa City school district’s diversity, equity and inclusion plan is not enough.
Community Nov. 22, 2021 6:00 am
Nye will appear in a livestreamed event with elementary students from throughout the Iowa City Community School District and across the state. Any elementary classroom, virtual program or home-school program in Iowa can register to attend.
K-12 Education Nov. 15, 2021 6:00 am
Students with social anxiety, who feel self-conscious, or who don’t like navigating school hallways may focus better in virtual learning environment.
K-12 Education Nov. 3, 2021 2:59 pm
First-time school board members Maka Pilcher-Hayek and Jayne Finchwill join incumbents Ruthina Malone and J.P. Claussen on the Iowa City school board