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Waterloo schools to offer 1:1 computers to more students in 2018-19

Waterloo Community Schools will be offering 1:1 Chromebooks to two more grade levels during the 2018-19 school year, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports.

The Board of Education approved $997,058 to purchase Chromebooks for eighth and …

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Drake University awarded for African leadership development

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business issued its Innovations That Inspire award to Drake University’s College of Business and Public Administration, recognizing Drake’s role as host institute for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for …

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Cedar Rapids security firm finds growing demand for cameras at schools, universities

When Marc Meyer founded the video security management startup Inteconnex in Cedar Rapids eight years ago, it was expected that the web-based cameras could serve security needs for systems like Mercy Medical Center, or Lincoln, …

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Loras College first in state to host DataFest

Liberal arts school Loras College will be the first Iowa school to host DataFest, a national undergraduate data analytics competition, from April 13-15 on campus, the school announced Friday. Teams of five undergraduate students will …

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Des Moines Social Club opens studio doors to East High School

Junior Luz Bautista sat in the Des Moines Social Club with her East High School classmates on March 29, their first day of audio class.

Bautista doesn’t have any experience with audio production, although she’s …

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Dwolla event raises more than $10,000 for Pi515 nonprofit

The Dwolla-sponsored event Monetery raised $10,265 for an after-school coding education program, Dwolla announced on Tuesday. More than 250 participants attended as panels of investors, entrepreneurs and community members explored what it takes to create …