K-12 Education

This week, high school students from across Eastern Iowa will compete in a round leading up to the international level for student science and engineering projects.

As bills in the Iowa House and Senate propose major changes to funding and oversight of Iowa’s area education agencies, educators at private schools wonder how special education services for students at their schools — and other AEA services — would be affected.

As part of their science and Language Arts classes, teams of City View High School students researched different ways soil can naturally fight climate change in Eastern Iowa and became experts for the expo, which was hosted Thursday at the downtown Cedar Rapids school.

Proposal now goes to the Senate, which has another plan

Iowa City Democrat calls the Iowa House proposal ‘ridiculous’ and ‘shameful’

Voters approve ‘crucial’ capital improvements fund for 3 area school districts.

Seventh grader Erica Allen brings ‘something special’ to the middle school’s show choir Double Time with her expressive solo

Iowa lawmakers already have missed their target for setting state funding for schools by nearly two weeks.

Recap of news from across the state

Public health officials urge families to talk to their pediatricians as measles outbreaks on the rise in the U.S.

‘You’re voice, your vote’: District collected 1,700 community surveys to prioritize projects that would be funded by the capital projects levy

The Iowa House on Thursday passed a bill that reorganizes the funding and oversight of Iowa’s area education agencies, the first major milestone for the proposal after lawmakers spent the past two months weighing changes to the state’s special education network.