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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 …

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Amid controversies, UI’s College of Dentistry dean announces plans to step down

Iowa City Press-Citizen: Amid controversies this school year, David Johnsen, the dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Dentistry, today announced plans to step down. Last fall, the college summoned one of its students to …

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Iowa lawmakers look at expanding grounds for disciplining school officials

Des Moines Register: Prompted by a fight with Des Moines Public Schools officials over in person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, Iowa Senate Republicans are advancing a bill that would expand the reasons for disciplining superintendents …

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A Closer Look: Tony Timm

Tony Timm was once the “not-so-good-kid” growing up in the small eastern Iowa town of Tipton. He recalls the time that he took some of his mother’s Avon cosmetics samples and handed them out to …