Articles from 04/2018

SIOUX CITY – If you could harness the energy being expended in a Perry Creek Elementary conference room lately, you could probably light up the whole school. Heck, you probably could light all the schools in the Sioux City Community School District. This team is energized with a capital “E.” It’s not their w…

Semifinalists The state of Iowa has 10 semifinalists for the prestigious 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars program. Blaise F. Fangman, Masonville ‐ East Buchanan Community High School Hermela Gebremariam, Fairfield ‐ Fairfield Community High School Rachel Grober, Ionia ‐ New Hampton High School Hanna…

The Center for Violence Prevention (CVP) and the Governor’s Office of Bullying Prevention Task Force, in partnership with the Iowa Department of Education and other Pre-K- 12 representatives, released its Primary Prevention Action Report for Iowa Schools and Communities. The report expands on Iowa’s harassment a…

Collaboration helps students take ownership of their learning. SIOUX CITY – Sioux City Community Schools is taking the conventional classroom model and turning it on its head. Yes, students receive math, history, English and other classes. But unlike traditional classrooms, this Sioux City Career Ac…

The Early Care and Education fall institute is scheduled for Oct. 5-6 at the Prairie Meadows Conference Center in Altoona. Co-sponsored by the Iowa Department of Education and the Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children, the fall Institute, titled It Begins with Me, provides opportunities to learn about ea…

DES MOINES – Two work groups charged with studying ways to reduce the need for developmental college coursework today released recommendations that support Iowa’s vision for all students to graduate from high school ready for college and for college students to have the support they need to complete a degree or cre…

The Iowa Department of Education in collaboration with the Iowa School Safety Alliance will be hosting school behavioral threat assessment training that is part of developing comprehensive school emergency operations plans. The Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center, i…

Public school students from fifth through the 12th grade will be participating in a survey this spring that is meant to gauge school climate and culture. The survey, called Conditions for Learning, is part of the plan under the new federal law, Every Student Succeeds Act. School principals are required to administer…

Long-term trend shows increase, despite slight one-year dip DES MOINES – Iowa’s high school graduation rate continues to show long-term progress, although the state experienced a slight decrease in 2017, according to figures released today by the Iowa Department of Education. State data show 91 percent of stu…

Melissa Walker pictured with her husband John at the awards ceremony at Des Moines University. Melissa Walker, a consultant with the Iowa Department of Education bureau of nutrition and health services, is the Iowa Public Health Association 2018 Lillian Wald Award recipient. The annual award honors a nurse f…