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IASB collects and compiles news clips as a service to members, to help Iowa school leaders stay in the loop on education-related news and learn from other districts' successes and challenges.Note: The articles compiled in these emails come from independent media sources who are solely responsible for their content and IASB does not necessarily endorse the content of the articles. Some articles may be available only by subscription.
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Breaking News from October 22–28, 2022
Iowa News
StatewideIowa Department of Education Releases School Performance Results for 2021-2022 Year
Statewide
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $11.1M from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Iowa School Districts
Statewide
New Iowa Education Department Report Shows Majority of Students Feel Emotionally Unsafe in School for Second Year in a Row
Statewide
Iowa Schools No Longer Track Positive COVID-19 Cases
Statewide
Judge Dismisses Iowa Effort to Halt Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Statewide
Iowa Students Pick Incumbents in Straw Poll; Over 13,000 Students Participate in Iowa Youth Straw Poll
Statewide
Op-Ed: Beebe: Underfunding of Public Education in Iowa, Why?
Statewide/Cedar Rapids
Educators Across the State Mourn the Loss of Cedar Rapids Superintendent Noreen Bush
Regional
Council Bluffs, Lewis Central Schools See Increase in Certified Enrollment
Cedar Rapids
Noreen Bush, Cedar Rapids Schools Superintendent, Dies After Battle With Cancer
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Schools Names Interim Superintendent
Coon Rapids-Bayard
Therapeutic Classrooms Discussed in Recent CRB School Board Meeting
Davenport
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) Celebrates Grand Opening of Clinton Career Advancement Center
Des Moines
DMPS Investigates Alleged Racism and Threats Against Hoover Football Team
Des Moines
Des Moines Public Schools Hoping To Add 6 More Full-day Pre-K Options
Eastern Allamakee
EACSD Superintendent Dr. Dale Crozier Announces His Retirement Effective at the End of School Year
Emmetsburg
Iowa Lakes Community College Given Over $13,000 in Tools
Independence
Independence Principal Sanctioned for Violating School Seclusion Law
Iowa City
Iowa City Students Learn Skills at Industrial Tech Facility
Iowa City
Iowa City Schools To Implement Narcan To Fight Opioid Overdoses
MMCRU
MMCRU Students, Bus Driver Released From Hospital After Crash, Officials Say
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Community School District Sees Record Growth in Student Population
Sioux City
WITCC Hosts Event To Dispel Community College Myths
Southeast Polk
Two Southeast Polk School Board Members Vote Against New Set of Operating Principles
Storm Lake
Storm Lake School Board Approves Free District-Wide Breakfast Program
Waterloo
Waterloo School Board Would Expand Programs With Proposed Purchases
National News
NationwidePandemic Prompts Historic Decline in Student Achievement on Nation’s Report Card
Nationwide
Schools Got $122 Billion To Reopen Last Year. Most Has Not Been Used.
Nationwide
Those Fake Active Shooter Calls to Schools? A Similar Thing Happened Before.
Nationwide
Op-Ed: “We Aren’t Working for What Public Education Is Now, but What It Could Be, What It Should Be.”
California
California Teacher Accused of Hiding Missing Teen for Almost 2 Years
Michigan
Michigan Teen Pleads Guilty To Killing 4 in School Shooting
Missouri
Teacher, Student Killed in Shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts, Gunman Dead
Missouri
Teachers Describe Close Calls With St. Louis School Shooter During Deadly Rampage: “He Let Me Go”
Tennessee
Skydiver Dies After Incident During High School Football Pregame Show
Recent News from October 15–21, 2022
Iowa News
StatewideThis Is the Top Ranking School District in Iowa
Statewide
Iowa Week: Who Gets To Choose?
Statewide
How Best To Serve Iowa Students Drives School Choice Debate
Statewide
DeJear At Debate: No Iowa School Should Be Failing
Statewide
Iowa School Districts in Limbo on Handling Transgender Sports Ban
Statewide/Nationwide
Keep the Buses Rolling Safely: National School Bus Safety Week
Ankeny
Ankeny Students Share Stories Of Racism They’ve Faced With School Board
Ankeny
Superintendent Pruitt Talks With the Iowa Podcast
Cedar Rapids
A Job That Helps Kids Succeed in the Classroom: Cedar Rapids Public Schools Are Hiring in Their Nutrition Services Department
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids School District To Begin Search for New Superintendent
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Educators Confident of Shift To Bigger Schools
Cherokee
Second School District in Iowa Allows Staff To Carry Guns at School
Clarinda
Clarinda Schools Expecting Uptick for 2022-23 Enrollment
Des Moines
DMPS Drops COVID-19 Testing Program
New Hampton
New Hampton School District Adopts Teacher Early Departure Incentive Program
Storm Lake
Storm Lake Superintendent Questions Preliminary District Enrollment Numbers
Urbandale
Urbandale Schools Warn Parents About the Viral ‘One Chip Challenge’
National News
NationwideHyper-local School Board Races Are Becoming More Politicized, Experts Say
Nationwide
More Than a Third of School Board Members Set to Step Down, Survey Finds
Nationwide
School Shooting Verdict Raises Tough Questions About Retribution and Justice
Nationwide
COVID-19 Vaccines Will Be on the 2023 Vaccine Schedule, but That Doesn’t Mean They’re Required in Schools
Nationwide
Extreme Weather Has Devastated Schools Around the Country. Now Their Students Are Suffering.
Nationwide
Op-Ed: The "Litter Box in Schools" Lie Is a Litmus Test for Idiots
Missouri
Medical Guidance Sought After Contamination Closes School
New York
Diwali Will Be Public School Holiday in New York City Starting 2023
Tennessee
Wilson Co. School Board Member Aims To Remove LGBTQ Symbols From Classrooms
Texas
Texas Schools Send Parents DNA Kits To Identify Their Kids’ Bodies in Emergencies
Texas
Uvalde School District Superintendent, in Surprise Move, Ends Career Wednesday Night
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