Experts warn that the change would leave dual-language learners worse off.
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Pilot Light created a food-based curriculum for educators to incorporate food, nutrition and the food system into core subjects, promoting active and enjoyable learning among students.
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Teach for America offers fully paid, two-year teaching roles with benefits and support, with options for recruits to continue in education or transition to other careers after their tenure.
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Researchers said this is cause for concern considering the major effect parent reading with young kids has on outcomes such as language development and literacy.
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Three states this year have enacted laws that require or allow schools to use mobile, wearable, wireless or silent panic alarms to quickly summon emergency responders.
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Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch.
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Meanwhile, his second administration put autism in the spotlight, pushing unfounded links to childhood vaccines and Tylenol.
Federal civil rights data shows Black students are disciplined at disproportionately high rates. The Trump administration says "racial balancing" is discrimination.
Republican President Donald Trump targeted universities with probes and federal funding suspension threats over pro-Palestinian protests.
The U.S. Education Department said it partnered with the Justice Department to look at the issue, and enforcement actions could include "applicable judicial proceedings and potential loss of federal funding."
A growing number of universities are rolling out a new kind of financial aid pledge: If your family earns less than $100,000 or so, tuition is free.
The change came after a federal judge issued a court order temporarily blocking a Trump administration rule that reclassified graduate degrees in nursing and other fields as nonprofessional.
Changes taking effect July 1 could affect millions of borrowers who carried an average of $33,770 in student debt in 2025, according to the Education Data Initiative.
With one of the highest rates of student homelessness in the nation, Oregon school districts struggle to address unhoused students' needs and ensure they graduate on time.
A Des Moines man is dead in a Lucas County crash on Thursday.
Food distribution in Denison on Oct. 20
Denison City Manager Jessica Garcia was awarded the Rhonda Wood Smith Award by the Iowa League of Cities during its recent awards banquet for its annual conference in Bettendorf.
Weather patterns across Iowa, influenced by an abnormally strong El Nino pattern, will likely impact fall nutrient applications for farmers, according to weather and crop scientists in the state.
SIOUX CITY — Trays upon trays of savory bolillo, Cuernos and Telera breads are made daily at Suarez Bakery. Suarez Bakery & Grocery Store Javier Suarez, owner of Suarez Bakery & Grocery Store, displays a tray of baked goods at the bakery's new location in the former Hy-Vee drug store at of 27th and Pierce Streets in Sioux City. The store makes baked goods for grocery stores and restaurants ...
Take a look at the items on the agenda for the Sioux City Council. Oct 19, 2026 Sioux City Council agenda Morningside University withdraws proposal to buy Lewis Park, pool from city "We had a lot of back and forth, but they were focused on other priorities," Sioux City Parks and Recreation Director Matt Salvatore said of Morningside University. Salvatore said he couldn't speak to whether ...
DES MOINES — Abby Goodlaxson, a physical education and health teacher at Okoboji Community School District, was named the Iowa Department of Education's Prairie Lakes Regional Teacher of the Year. Goodlaxson was one of nine teachers from across the state to be selected as the 2027 Iowa Regional Teachers of the Year. This is the third year of the program, in which a teacher representing each of ...
SALIX, Iowa — The City of Salix has approved a memorandum of understanding with Google regarding a proposed data center on the outskirts of town. The move comes as Google is looking to place a data center project on a recently annexed 900 acres to the northeast of town. The MOU will have Google pay the city's cost for engaging independent advisors in the process of reviewing the process of ...
Name-calling isn’t just for Trump anymore. In high-profile races across the country, candidates are embracing personal insults in a bid to break through in an increasingly competitive attention economy.
The move should delay higher prices for imported prescription drugs and other products for inflation-weary Americans until after the November midterm elections.
The bones of a Neanderthal from a cave in Iraq's Kurdistan region are offering evidence of both violence and compassion in the closest evolutionary cousins of our species.
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Trump’s remaking of the Rose Garden continues with sculptures lining one side of the paved-over garden, facing the Oval Office.
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