K-12 Education

School board members open to idea four-day week with more of a year-round calendar.

Some of the suggestions for improving school climate include increasing student voice in decision making, improving responsiveness to bullying and harassment, and developing social and emotional skills.

Proposal to provide scholarships of as much as $5,500 a year to eligible private school students cheered as providing choice to more families, panned as attack on public education during Iowa House hearing.

Voters approved a $31 million bond issue last year, enabling the district to move forward on a facilities plan that includes building a new elementary school, and auditorium and outdoor activities complex at Marion High School.

Authorities arrested six teenagers, including a 14-year-old, in a shooting outside a school that killed a 15-year-old boy and seriously wounded two teenage girls, Des Moines police said Tuesday. The suspects are each charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder

More services needed as number of students entitled to special education increases in Marion Independent schools.

Of the 40 students graduating in May, 26 started with Kids on Course in its first year as second graders.

Iowa City Liberty High School student group raising money for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, the Ronald McDonald House of Iowa City and the Fight With Flash Foundation, which raises money and awareness for cancer research.

Arthur and Garfield elementary schools, two of the oldest school buildings in the Cedar Rapids Community School District, both opened in 1915.

Application portal is open for interested local students; informational meeting next week

Voters passed the bond referendum by 75.6 percent Tuesday to fund construction in the Clear Creek Amana school district.

District officials continue to encourage indoor mask use for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to our schools, regardless of vaccination status.