Administrators

School and community college leaders and school staff who oversee areas such as facilities, nutrition and transportation.

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Educators

More than 40,000 educators in Iowa are helping all students, from kindergarten through college, become prepared for their future.

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Students&Families

Iowa is home to a half-million PK-12 students and over 100,000 community college students … and the families who support them, their education and their dreams.

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Communities

Great schools are possible thanks to the support and involvement of great communities across the state of Iowa.

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Iowa Department of Education

Jointly Enrolled Students Reduce Time to Degree

Iowa high school students who enroll in community college coursework tend to be upperclassmen with higher ACT scores than their peers, according to a pair of reports released by the Iowa Department of Education. In addition, they graduate from college earlier than those who do not enroll in college coursework.

Iowa Receives More Than $18 million to Help Low Achieving Schools

The U.S. Department of Education announced today that Iowa will receive $18,710,222 through the School Improvement Grants (SIG) program. The purpose of this program is to help turn around schools identified as persistently lowest achieving.

2011 Governor's Volunteer Awards Nomination Forms Available

The nomination form for the 2011 Governor's Volunteer Awards is now available. Nomination deadline is May 2, 2010. Established in 1982, these awards honor and recognize the commitment, service and time volunteers contribute each year.

Enrollment Projections Show Increase

Recently updated statewide enrollment projections show a slight increase in the number of kindergarten through 12th grade students from 2010-2011 to 2013-2014. Certified enrollment is for 2008-2009 is 477,019. In 2013-2014, that number is projected to increase to 487,440.

Projections also show a continued trend of increased enrollment in large suburban districts and a decrease in small rural districts.

Enrollment projections are based on trends observed in the number of students moving from grade to grade and birth rate trends.

Iowa Awarded $9 million Teacher Quality Partnership Grant

The U.S. Department of Education announced the Iowa Department of Education, in partnership with the University of Northern Iowa (UNI), Stanford University, and UCLA, is one of 12 organizations to receive a more than $9 million Teacher Quality Partnership grant, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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