EDUCATION

University of Iowa shines as a Fulbright Top Producer, sending students and alumni worldwide to teach, research, and build international connections.

Recently, an argument has been going around that goes like this: private schools are accredited to teach students, therefore they’re accountable to taxpayers. The problem with this argument is that it ignores that accreditation as an academic institution has nothing to do with how an entity spends money. Accredited private schools taking vouchers still have…

Let’s get back to funding and supporting it at a level that reflects how important it is for all of us.

Students across the country benefit from the Department of Education. A Des Moines special education teacher said her elementary kids are going to pay the price for the president’s latest executive order to defund its programs.

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Waterloo Schools pulled out of an event focused on promoting Black literacy over fears of losing federal funding under Trump’s new anti-DEI directives. In response,  the 1619 Freedom School is stepping in to host its own event this Saturday. In a move that has drawn statewide attention, the Waterloo Community School District recently withdrew from…

An Iowa private college president and the college’s law school dean are standing up for their trans and nonbinary students in the wake of an Iowa law taking away trans civil rights. The law, passed by Iowa Republicans and signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, takes away civil rights protections from trans and nonbinary Iowans. It…

A House Republican bill advanced that would require public schools to provide free menstrual products to students. The bill has bipartisan support, but the state won’t reimburse schools after three years. Legislation is advancing in Iowa this year that would require public schools to provide free menstrual products in at least half of school restrooms…

The State Auditor is raising the alarm, saying state government is stonewalling his office over details on the state’s private school voucher program. Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand said he has concerns about the $104 million school voucher program. According to an annual audit released this week, multiple state agencies refused to provide documentation about…

The governor only wants a 2% increase to public school funding. Iowa Democrats have called for a 5% increase. House Republicans have released a school funding increase that would fall somewhere in the middle.  Iowa House Republicans have agreed to a school funding proposal that is higher than the 2% increase agreed to by Gov.…