K-12 Education

Policies adopted by the school board align with the state’s own guidance on equality for transgender students.

More than 400 students from 33 Iowa schools participated in the Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates career conference last month in Des Moines.

New performance venue, relocating tennis courts and expanding the high school parking lot also part of the up to $60 million in projects

Two Cedar Rapids students have been chosen for Iowa State Youth Action Squad to encourage community advocacy and expand their learning, research and leadership skills. One idea is to create a business incubator for Black-owned businesses in the Cedar Rapids area.

Professional opera singer Dorian McCall provided two weeks of one-on-one instruction to 18 students at Washington High School, some of whom experience barriers to access for private singing education.

Next superintendent Corey Seymour, who was named in February, will begin July 1.

Polk Alternative Education Center to serve K-12 students with behavior challenges beginning this fall

Black students are 3.36 times more likely to be charged than white students in Cedar Rapids schools.

Middle and high school students hard at work improving their archery technique after success at Iowa schools state tournament last month

Green teams are interactive, educational programs in Cedar Rapids schools that empower students and staff to help the environment through waste reduction, energy and water conservation, and environmental education.

Johnnie Each, a junior at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids, is Iowa’s second student poetry ambassador. The program began in 2021, inspired by presidential inauguration poet Amanda Gorman.

Save CR Heritage launches petition to add closure of Garfield Elementary to the Cedar Rapids school board agenda in May