Bill to have Iowa Board of Regents conduct academic program reviews moves ahead
A representative of the Iowa Board of Regents told lawmakers Wednesday that the board is ready and willing to conduct the ...
Iowa is now paying for more than 27,000 students to attend private schools. Here's why:
This is the final year of the ESA program's income restrictions. Next year, the program will be open to all Iowa families, ...
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Nation's Report Card sees Iowa students do well in reading, poorly in math
The Iowa Department of Education credits the state’s strength in reading to proven practices grounded in an evidence-based ...
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New team forming for next phase of Iowa’s science standards review
A review team that Iowa formed last fall to revise its science education standards and draft recommended changes -- which ...
Kim Reynolds issues reminder to Iowa public universities to comply with DEI prohibition
Gov. Kim Reynolds sent a notice to each of Iowa's state universities Thursday reminding them to comply with the state's ...
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Another spate of higher education bills advances Wednesday
Iowa lawmakers advanced another spate of bills aiming to reform higher education in state regent universities on Wednesday.
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From 'evolution' to 'biological change,' Iowa science standards face controversial wording changes
Iowa’s current draft of its K-12 science standards, which include changing the word “evolution” to “biological change over ...
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Iowa lawmaker charges community colleges to consider offering bachelor degrees
As legislators this week continue their consideration of a group of bills aimed at reshaping higher education in Iowa -- ...
State proposal would remove 'climate change' and 'evolution' from Iowa science standards
Some Iowans are raising concern about new proposed state science standards. In the proposal, any mention of "climate change" was changed to the phrase "climate trends". Although the standards would ...
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House Higher Education Committee to consider bills on academic offerings, DEI changes
Higher education bills slated for subcommittee meetings touch on reviewing and changing public university courses and course ...
Proposals for Iowa's science education standards aren't what committee signed off on
University of Iowa science education professor Jeffrey Nordine is one of the 37 members of theThursday marked the fourth of five public comment sessions for th ...