Grant Gerlock
ReporterGrant Gerlock started covering Des Moines and central Iowa for IPR in March 2019. Before that he covered food, agriculture and rural life for Harvest Public Media at NET in Lincoln, Nebraska, where his work was recognized with a Regional Murrow Award and awards from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association.
Grant has a master’s degree in mass communication from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and graduated from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. He grew up on a farm outside of Cumberland in southwest Iowa where he listened to public radio in the tractor. You can contact Grant at ggerlock@iowapublicradio.org.
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If districts choose to allow employees to carry guns, and put them through training, they would be protected from liability.
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Parents and educators told members of the House Education Committee they worry about losing services that help students.
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Iowa lawmakers just passed their first funnel deadline of the 2024 legislative session.
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The Iowa House Republican plan for special education and the state’s nine Area Education Agencies makes some major departures from Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposed overhaul.
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Teachers who are trained and pass a background check could get a permit to carry guns in schools under a bill passed by the Public Safety Committee in the Iowa House.
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This week Iowa lawmakers face their first deadline to keep bills alive this legislative session.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds’ scaled-back overhaul of the state’s Area Education Agencies is advancing in at least one chamber of the legislature.
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Singing “The Star Spangled Banner” would become a daily requirement for students in Iowa’s public schools under a bill making its way through the Statehouse.
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The bill requires schools to incorporate evidence-based reading instruction, often called the science of reading, in kindergarten through third grade.
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The Iowa Senate is looking at expanding driving privileges for 14- and 15-year-olds who want to drive to work, one year after loosening the rules around allowing them to work longer and later.