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When colleges close, they don’t disappear. Closures leave students in flux and facilities unattended. And in the case of Iowa Wesleyan University, a collection that needs a home. The University of Iowa has taken on the role of safeguarding the now-shuttered university's archival records.
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Tuesday night election results spelled out historical wins for some candidates, while other historical decisions left up to voters, like the state's largest school bond to date, fizzled out on the 2023 ballot.
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This upcoming Election Day could find the Sioux City Community School Board with a majority of new members. One incumbent tells IPR why her name won’t be on the ballot.
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The second-largest school district in the state has the largest school bond referendum in state history on the ballot next Tuesday. And according to new finance reports, it's getting some help from a state representative's consulting firm.
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In the first year for education savings accounts in Iowa, nearly 5,000 more students were approved for funding than estimated when the law was passed.
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Serving farm fresh food in schools is getting big federal support — but will 'farm to school' stick?The Farm-to-School movement is out to revolutionize the humble school lunch with food grown on local farms. But the path from cropland to cafeteria is full of complicated twists and turns. A new wave of federal funding is trying to smooth the way.
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All students received free school meals during the pandemic. That ended after the 2021-22 school year, but several states in the Midwest have expanded access to school meals this school year.
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It’s no secret Iowa faces a worker shortage. A new hands-on learning facility in Sioux City could help fill high-demand jobs.
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A longtime northwest Iowa educator who worried he would lose students to private schools didn’t see any change in enrollment this school year.
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The list is the district’s effort to comply with a new law that bans teaching about LBGTQ topics through sixth grade and requires schools to remove books with sexual content.