An Iowa State University professor's research is part of a large, federally funded project to...
Education Department handling school book concerns on case-by-case basis
The legislative liaison for the state Board of Education says there isn't one general set of...
State sales tax holiday begins today
Iowans who plan to do some back-to-school shopping today and tomorrow will be able to stock up on...
Board of Education approves rules for Education Savings Accounts
The State Board of Education today approved the permanent rules for state-funded Education Savings...
Budgets approved for state universities
The board that governs the three state universities approved budgets for the schools that includes...
UNI gets approval to hire firm to run its bookstore
The Board of Regents has approved a request by the University of Northern Iowa to hire an outside...
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges leader resigns after a year in role
The head of the Eastern Iowa Community Colleges has resigned after a little less than a year as...
Student will soon learn to fly at new Sioux City school
A new flight school in Sioux City is just weeks away from starting operations. The former...
Scammers expected to try and take advantage of student loan uncertainty
A recent court ruling means thousands of people will need to restart payments on their student...
ISU wins international acclaim for entrepreneurship program
Iowa State University is being named Entrepreneurial University of the Year for the Americas,...
Iowa Central to host nation’s only independent testing lab for ethanol, biodiesel
Iowa Central Community College broke ground this week on what will become its new Biofuels Testing...
Iowa State raises $300M+ for research
Iowa State University reports its researchers raised more than $300-million in the past fiscal...
ISU Creamery gives new meaning to ‘cool’ job for students
July is National Ice Cream Month, but the Iowa State University Creamery makes the frozen treat...
60% of approved state-funded ESAs for students already in private school
Iowa parents applied for 29,025 of the new state-funded Education Savings Accounts that will cover...
Spirit Lake rescinds plan to have armed staff on school grounds
The Spirit Lake School Board has rescinded its plan to let up to ten non-teaching staff members...
Board of Regents approve salary increases for administrators, then increase student tuition
The State Board of Regents approved an increase in salary or retention bonuses for the three...
ISU professor studies ‘wild west of medicine’
An Iowa State University professor who's developing a new class for pre-med students has studied...
ACLU cautions Iowa schools considering restrictions on students’ free speech
The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa has sent Atlantic's school board a letter, saying it...
U-I’s School of the Wild expands to get hundreds more Iowa kids into the woods
The University of Iowa is expanding its wilderness education program to reach 4,500 elementary...
A borrowed idea leads to a glass orb treasure hunt in a popular Pella park
A treasure hunt of sorts gets underway today in a park in Pella. Glass orbs made by students at...
Summer school lunch programs gearing up
Most of Iowa's K-through-12 schools have wrapped up classes for summer break, but several hundred...
Iowa native on the International Space Station does Q-and-A with kids
For the fourth time in her record-setting career, Iowa-born astronaut Peggy Whitson is now onboard...
Seminars begin next week on state-funded accounts for private school expenses
Next Wednesday is the first day low income Iowa parents may apply for state-funded accounts to...
Simpson College names new president
The trustees of a private college in central Iowa with about 1,200 full-time students have...
Many questions remain as Mt. Pleasant prepares for Iowa Wesleyan closing
The city of Mount Pleasant is preparing for Iowa Wesleyan University to close at the end of the...
Layoffs at Upper Iowa University, seven regional centers closing
Upper Iowa University in Fayette is closing seven of its regional education centers in neighboring...
New superintendent named for Iowa’s largest school district
The Des Moines School Board has chosen a new leader for Iowa's largest school district. Ian...
Springville native attends college graduation 80 years later
An Eastern Iowa native finally got to walk down the aisle in the graduation ceremony at Cornell...
Regent says proposed tuition increase is a cut when compared to inflation
The Board of Regents held the first reading of a proposed increase in tuition at the three state...
Proposal would raise tuition and fees at state universities
The board that governs the three state universities will hold the first reading of a proposed 3.5%...