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Iowa high schools encouraged to conduct voter registration drives

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is encouraging Iowa high schools to conduct voter registration drives on March 30. The date coincides with the 50th anniversary of Iowa ratifying the 26th Amendment to the U.S. …

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Hy-Vee awards $15,000 to 15 Central Iowa schools

Fifteen schools across the Des Moines metro area received $1,000 each as part of Hy-Vee’s Fuel Your School sweepstakes, which distributed $75,000 to 55 schools across eight states this year, Hy-Vee announced on Friday. Held …

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DMACC announces plans for ‘new normal’ operations with fall 2021 classes

Des Moines Area Community College administrators are making plans this month to start a “new normal” in college operations when fall classes resume on Aug. 25, including a return of most face-to-face classes at all …

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Iowa City schools implementing nonbinary, LGBTQ health curriculum

Cedar Rapids Gazette: As part of an equity initiative, the Iowa City Community School District is implementing a health and puberty curriculum that’s inclusive of LGBTQ and nonbinary students. The new curriculum — called 3Rs for …

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Online learning could cost D.M. superintendent his license

Des Moines Register: The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners could strip Des Moines Superintendent Tom Ahart of his administrator’s license following several complaints about the district’s online learning. The complaints stem from Des Moines school officials’ …

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Des Moines School Board rejects stadium construction bids

Des Moines Register: The Des Moines School Board unanimously voted Tuesday to reject construction bids for a planned stadium at Drake University because the bids exceeded the district’s budget for the project. The total cost of …

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A Closer Look: Liz Cooney

As Liz Cooney and her colleagues at Tero International Inc. transitioned their service and training products digitally over 2020, she knew that clients might be hesitant. Tero, which offers workshops and private coaching to global …

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Universities air plans for in-person graduation – days after bill proposed to force them

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Just days after a Republican lawmaker introduced a bill that would force Iowa’s public universities to hold graduations in-person this spring — after two of them already had announced plans for virtual …

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Northeast Iowa high school’s ag-industrial center project boosted by Bank Iowa

A $25,000 lead donation by Bank Iowa kickstarted a fundraising campaign for New Hampton High School that enabled the school to renovate its ag-industrial technology center. The independent ag bank recently commemorated the one-year anniversary of the …

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ISU among top universities for producing Fulbright U.S. Scholars

Iowa State University is among the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most Fulbright U.S. Scholars for 2020-21, as announced by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright …