K-12 Education

AEA staff to prioritize time in classrooms with teachers, students, sharing evidence-based teaching strategies

The State Board of Education voted Thursday to approve Empowering Excellence’s expansion, as well as six additional charter school applications on Thursday.

Fully funding 4-year-old preschool, policies that help schools recruit and retain staff and better mental health services all are priorities.

Panorama Middle School students see lasting impact of their efforts

Former Iowa State Education Association President Tammy Wawro says school officials are asking the ‘hard questions.’

This year’s competition is Jan. 18 at Kirkwood center in Hiawatha

About 15 teachers impacted by construction voted to move forward with renovations over spring break for the new program. Construction at Washington High will begin later.

Former restaurant owner Frank Bowman is launching Prairie High School’s Culinary Arts Pathway; former Hy-Vee leader working as a paraeducator in Linn-Mar

The medical sciences pathway at the southeast Cedar Rapids middle school is one option for students to explore future potential career interests.

Speer hopeful for the future of K-12 education in Iowa, but cautions it needs ‘reasonable’ funding

Cedar Rapids school board meets with lawmakers to discuss preschool, cell phone bans and other priorities in advance of the upcoming session of the Iowa Legislature.

A youth opened fire at a private Christian school Monday morning in Wisconsin, killing two people in the final week before Christmas break. The shooter also died, police said.