30,000 reasons.
That’s what Interim Superintendent Matt Smith said he would point to: the district’s 30,000 students, when asked why Des Moines Public Schools’ upcoming bond referendum still matters in the wake of the recent scandal involving former superintendent Ian Roberts.
The former Des Moines Public School superintendent’s arrest by ICE has garnered international attention and prompted a closer look at his background.
To control costs, nearly all health insurers use a system called prior authorization, which requires patients or their providers to seek approval before they can get certain procedures, tests, and prescriptions.
Avid watchers of "Wheel of Fortune" will need to keep an eye out in future episodes, as a central Iowa native will be appearing on the popular game show.
Every Iowa college has its own unique traditions that carry on from one generation of students to the next. Here are six of the most famous.
Urbandale has joined five other Iowa school districts in voting to protect its transgender and nonbinary students.
“Survival mode.”
That’s what Rep. Heather Matson says Iowa’s public school districts are operating in these days.
And in just a couple of short months, there will be another issue added to the growing list of Republican moves that are hurting the state's more than 300 public school districts.
Besides being underfunded, not having teacher candidates to hire, and a voucher system that diverts public funds from public schools to private, the new trouble will be a requirement for public schools to let private school students play in their sports programs.
Matson says she worries about “the possible fiscal and logistical implications.”
Rob Sand, Democratic candidate for Iowa governor, spoke with teachers Thursday afternoon in Cedar Rapids. On the private school voucher program, Sand said if school choice advocates want competition, they should have the same rules public schools maintain.
The Iowa Legislature passed a bill this session banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and trainings by "public entities," including Iowa's public universities. And they spelled...
Rob Sand wants to do something about the waste, fraud, and abuse of public dollars for private schools.
