The Physical Plant and Equipment Levy ‘crucial part’ of maintaining school facilities, purchasing vehicles and technology
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The Physical Plant and Equipment Levy ‘crucial part’ of maintaining school facilities, purchasing vehicles and technology
Stories on why the railing is there, the ‘bucket of blood gym,’ the art collection
Ryan Wise, former director of the Iowa Department of Education said he appreciates the “spirit” of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal but says “very rapid changes could negatively impact schools and kids.”
Democratic lawmakers, saying they were left out of the talks, cast doubt on the changes.
Iowa schools could offer beginning teachers a salary increase of up to $16,500 under a bill proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds. While educators are enthusiastic about increasing teacher pay, many worry about controversial proposed changes to Iowa’s area education agencies under the same bill.
False threats were reported at Marion High School and other eastern Iowa schools Wednesday, on the same day that Iowa House lawmakers advanced a bill that would make it a felony to make a false report of a serious crime to law enforcement.
Science teacher Melissa James integrates agriculture into her classroom curriculum
New bill prohibits agencies that provide expertise to educators and families from offering services schools have relied on for decades.
The founder of Empowering Youths of Iowa — a nonprofit that provides one-on-one mentoring to students in the Cedar Rapids Community School District — will receive the ‘Who Is My Neighbor?’ award on Sunday.
Almost 150 teachers hired for the 2023-24 school year, leaving 25 open teaching positions managed with ‘creative’ solutions
Funeral held for sixth grader known as ‘Smiley’a week after Perry shooting.
The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City school districts are re-shelving books in libraries and classrooms after a federal judge temporarily blocked much of a law passed last year in Iowa.
The parents of the 17-year-old who killed a sixth grader and wounded seven others in a shooting at his small-town Iowa high school last week said in a statement Monday that they “had no inkling he intended the horrible violence he was about to inflict.”
Hundreds of students walk out of school Monday in Des Moines, Iowa City following school shooting at Perry High School last week where a sixth grader died
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