Sooner or later, Des Moines Public Schools will need to hire a permanent replacement for Ian Roberts, an illegal alien …
Articles Tagged: School boards
K-12 Education Sep. 30, 2025 7:21 am21d ago
Cedar Rapids school board members are evaluating the way they communicate and developing a plan for “concrete, immediate improvements” including asking questions and having more in-depth discussions in public at the board table.
K-12 Education Oct. 16, 2025 5:24 pm4d ago
Thursday was the deadline to be on the Nov. 4 ballot
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Feb. 6, 2024 9:37 am623d ago
Some school leaders feel their districts aren’t getting enough out of abnormally-governed AEA model
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Nov. 19, 2023 5:00 am702d ago
A teacher said the quiet part out loud. Will school boards respond with deafening silence?
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 6, 2023 1:43 pm714d ago
The group leading the charge to pass Cedar Rapids’ $220 million school bond referendum on Nov. 7 is relying on voter outreach and trying to combat public confusion over what’s part of the bond issue.
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Oct. 15, 2023 5:00 am737d ago
In early September, I came across a copy of an email received by a resident of the Cedar Rapids Community …
State Government Jul. 3, 2023 11:17 am840d ago
Starting today, Iowa teens ages 14 to 17 can work more jobs at longer hours, low-income families will face new requirements for receiving public benefits such as food assistance, and more Iowa parents will qualify for child care assistance, but will have to work more hours to remain eligible.
Government & Politics Feb. 21, 2023 8:15 am973d ago
A hearing Monday on Iowa school districts’ processes for reviewing and removing school library books and materials some parents and community members deem obscene devolved into testy exchanges between Democrats and Republicans
State Government Feb. 17, 2022 8:23 pm1341d ago
Ten Iowa middle- and high-school girls — two of them transgender — spoke Thursday at a legislative hearing on legislation that would ban transgender girls from competing in girls athletics in Iowa. Also, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed her first bill of the session: a $3.6 billion K-12 public education package.
Federal Government Oct. 28, 2021 8:08 am1454d ago
The Iowa Republican blasted the creation of a Department of Justice task force to address concerns raised by the National School Board Association. If there are threats, he said, they can be handled by state and local law enforcement offices that “probably have been handling it for decades.”