K-12 Education

CEDAR RAPIDS – Health experts recommended children engage in an hour of aerobic exercise every day. That’s an easy goal …

CLARENCE – North Cedar yearbook photographers Saleena Jones and Darby Hawtrey captured the essence of homecoming at their school last …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Schools in the Cedar Rapids Community School District are closed through Friday. Students are to return to …

IOWA CITY – We all know Caitlyn Jenner. Born Bruce Jenner, an Olympian married to Kris Jenner, who came out …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Yellow, flashing traffic signals warning motorists to slow down around schools in Cedar Rapids have been removed …

MARION – Linn-Mar’s facilities proposal is not a final solution but does address key growth-related issues, school board members said …

TROY MILLS – North Linn Community School District is breaking educational ground, literally and metaphorically. The district is moving forward …

CEDAR RAPIDS – When friends told Leah Crilley they sometimes threw away their old books, she went to work on …

MOUNT VERNON – Mount Vernon voters sent a strong message last week as more than 63 percent said no to …

School seclusion rooms are usually used as intended in Eastern Iowa school districts -- as a last resort to keep students from harming themselves or others. But not always. The Gazette found reports showing kids put in seclusion for stepping out of line, refusing to trace in pencil and even pouting.

School seclusion rooms go by many names in Eastern Iowa school districts, including quiet rooms, safe rooms and timeout rooms. …

The Iowa City school district’s special education program is working to make changes following a May investigation by the Iowa …