News Briefs
May 20, 2008
Newly approved $75 million will help move the state closer to its goal of reaching the median national salary.
May 13, 2008
Money will be spent to renovate and build new schools and to give homeowners property-tax relief.
May 6, 2008
Legislators in Iowa have approved a new statewide curriculum mandate that has some private school advocates alarmed.
April 8, 2008
The U.S. Department of Education says that more than half of all colleges enroll high school students in courses for college credit.
January 22, 2008
Gov. Culver proposed in his annual speech to lawmakers a $5 million Science, Technology, and Engineering and Math Center at the University of Northern Iowa, arguing that the investment would help double the number of math and science teachers in the state's public schools.
June 5, 2007
Iowa and Ohio will be allowed to use the growth of individual students’ achievement to comply with federal accountability rules.
August 1, 2007, AP
Addressing teachers and education advocates in Iowa, the Democratic presidential candidate pledged to give public schools the resources needed to properly educate children.
May 16, 2006
Education took center stage in Iowa’s 2006 legislative session, resulting in measures to boost teacher salaries, start a pilot program that bases teacher pay on student achievement, expand preschool, and establish statewide graduation requirements.
May 16, 2006
The worst mumps outbreak in 20 years is prompting school administrators to use the generally mild disease as an opportunity to strengthen their ties with local health officials and test emergency plans that would be used in the breakout of a more serious illness.
November 1, 2005
Like 18 other district chiefs in Iowa, Superintendent Bob Lehman splits his time between two school systems, each of which pays half his salary. Though sharing leaders helps small districts cut costs, it makes for a taxing job.
