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Iowa educators say spending freeze would lead to layoffs
Students fill the central foyer at Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School during a morning passing period on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)Education interest groups called on Iowa lawmakers...
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Teachers’ early retirements have benefits, drawbacks (with detailed teacher...
Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School journalism teacher Gary Lindsay is one of many area teachers who are retiring early at the end of the school year. (Jim Slosiarek/SourceMedia Group News)The seniors in...
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UI bringing four provost finalists to campus soon
University of Iowa President Sally Mason. (Brian Ray/The Gazette)Finalists to become the next provost at the University of Iowa likely will start visiting campus in the next week or so, UI President...
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English Valleys senior will graduate Sunday with perfect attendance —...
NORTH ENGLISH – Kelli Schmitt will reach a milestone at her high school graduation Sunday afternoon.Yes, there’s the diploma, but there’s another honor the English Valleys High School senior will...
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Spanish program coming to Cedar Rapids elementary schools
Books in English and Spanish share the bookshelves in the kindergarten classroom of teacher Soraya Muñoz at Postville Elementary School. Students at Cedar Rapids elementary schools will soon have an...
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Summer programs targeted at keeping kids reading
Peggy Kubczak reads to children during the Cedar Rapids Public Library's summer reading program at Bever Park June 17. (David Scrivner/The Gazette)Teachers call it the “summer slide.” Two months off a...
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Maxson stepping down as UI liberal arts dean
Linda MaxsonIOWA CITY — A new dean for the University of Iowa’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences must be an academic leader who is a strong fundraiser and consensus-builder in a large and complex...
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Iowa education director thinks all students should take ACT test
Jason Glass addresses the media after being announced as the new director of the Iowa Department of Education in December. Behind him are Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Gov. Terry Branstad. (AP Photo/The...
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Urbana school prepares for classes after rebuilding from July storm
An elementary school classroom at Urbana Intermediate is repaired after high winds tore off the roof back in July . (Kenny Knutson/The Gazette)Back in July, 100-mph winds tore off the roof of Urbana...
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UI convocation welcomes freshmen to campus
UI freshman walk past a Herky the Hawk sculpture on the Pentacrest during the Class of 2015 Convocation ceremony at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. There are roughly 4,500...
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As school starts, we ask: Is your child’s backpack too heavy?
The contents of this backpack weighed in at over 20 pounds in this photo, shot at Taft Middle School in Cedar Rapids in September 2006. (Gazette file photo)Many Eastern Iowa kids are loading up their...
View ArticleNew language program debuts in elementary classrooms
Cedar Rapids students head back to the classroom Tuesday morning for their first day of their new school year.Teachers have worked hard to get their classrooms prepared. One Kenwood Elementary School...
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College Community school embraces ‘looping’
Prairie Creek teacher Mike Young greets students on the first day of school Aug. 18. Young taught the same students for fifth grade last year. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)In most schools, the first day of...
View ArticleStudents across five districts collaborate on 9/11 tribute video
Students from BCLUW, Van Meter, Waukon, Sioux Central and Western Plains worked together to create this simple but moving remembrance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.If you were to drive between all of...
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Iowa State scientist wins Nobel Prize
Scientist Daniel Shechtman poses for photographers during a news conference at the Haifa Technion, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Shechtman, a professor in the Department of Materials Science and...
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CCA Elementary School students take shoe inventory for project
OXFORD — Students at Clear Creek Elementary School have participated in a non-traditional community service project to collect more than 500 pairs of worn out, unwanted athletic shoes over the past...
View ArticleIowa’s school report card scores deemed ‘a call to action’
Iowa’s fourth and eighth grade students outpaced the national average in math and reading at both grade levels, according to 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress results — but only slightly...
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Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Happiness Inc. named ‘America’s favorite show choir’
Members of Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School's "Happiness Inc." hold hands and listen to their director only moments before performing in March 2010. (Spencer Willems/The Gazette)Check out this...
View ArticleCedar Rapids school district survey going live Thursday
An online survey to collect public input on the Cedar Rapids school district’s enrollment study launches Thursday.The survey will outline facts about the district and ask for input on how the district...
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Longtime Iowa music school director Voxman dies at 99
Himie Voxman works with clarinet student Elizabeth Ehly of Iowa City in September 2002 at his home in Iowa City. Voxman, former head of the University of Iowa School of Music and a world-renowned...
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