Education Policy News

DES MOINES – Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer says she wants the 2019 legislative session to end in a month …

  Cedar Rapids police Officer Drew Tran has an open-door policy in his office — a converted storage closet between …

IOWA CITY – In the midst of a heated battle with contractor Modern Piping over work on its new children’s …

Rachael Johnson, who was appointed in 2015 to become a student member of the Board of Regents but since has …

DES MOINES – Pitching her proposal to fund scholarships for private-school and home-schooled students, federal education secretary Betsy DeVos met …

In answering questions from lawmakers Monday, the three appointees to new six-year terms on Iowa’s Board of Regents vowed to …

DES MOINES – Iowa is one of only a handful of states that allow for the use of seclusion in …

In hiring consultants for its inquiry into monetizing its utilities operation, the University of Iowa skirted standard purchasing policies set …

DES MOINES – Much like Mother Nature, the Iowa Legislature is unlikely to give schools a break on snow days. …

DES MOINES – School districts would be given the flexibility to decide whether to hire full-time school nurses and librarians …

IOWA CITY – A federal judge has agreed to dismiss unresolved claims in a lawsuit pitting a faith-based student group …

IOWA CITY – When a federal judge this month ruled on some of a faith-based student group’s 20 allegations against …