Education Policy News

Iowa City school district staff would be cut and veteran teachers would be encouraged to retire under proposed budget reductions …

Students might want to think twice before celebrating another snow day. Days that are missed must be made up eventually. …

IOWA CITY – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner will give the 2009-10 Distinguished Lecture at the University of Iowa Tuesday, …

School board members in Mount Vernon are cautiously optimistic about an upcoming vote that will continue to inject $280,000 a …

The Cedar Rapids Community School District has confirmed make-up days for the four weather-related school cancellation days so far this …

John Bacon is no stranger to school bullies. An educator and father of four, he encounters the issue regularly — …

The bus garage on the site of the Cedar Rapids school district’s planned administrative service center will be demolished to …

Iowalive, a group of Cedar Rapids activists, is suggesting the Cedar Rapids school district close at least three elementary schools …

Negotiations between the Iowa City school district and the teachers union began Monday with the two sides, not surprisingly, disagreeing …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Imagine looking into the future 150 years. What would your city look like? Middle-school students from across …

WILLIAMSBURG – Jess Miller rarely crosses paths with the upperclassmen at Williamsburg Junior/Senior High School. If she does, it’s not …

A new University of Iowa Museum of Art should be student-focused, and a location within the UI’s Old Capitol District …