Articles from 04/2021

DES MOINES – A recent report released by the Iowa Department of Education shows that career and technical education continues to make impressive strides in Iowa. The Annual Condition of Secondary Career and Technical (CTE) report highlights trends in courses and programs and provides data and informative details on e…

Educators, students, administrators and business partners are encouraged to register for the 2021 Iowa Authentic Learning Network Statewide Virtual Student Expo on April 27. It is a one-of-a-kind virtual event where students will showcase projects they have completed with business and community partners. There wi…

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today announced that more than $11.5 million in federal relief funding is available to assist public school districts in providing mental health support and other wraparound services to pre-K-12 students, and support community college efforts in expa…

Business industry leaders and students from across central Iowa are transforming the Iowa State Fairgrounds into a career exploration center today as they gather for Des Moines’ annual Build My Future event. More than 2,500 high school and junior high students from nearly 80 Iowa schools are attending the interactive…

MARSHALLTOWN – If you peer into Rebecca Callahan’s classroom, you might do a double take. That’s because it doesn’t look like a regular class. In one corner, you’ll find a student calculating the caloric content of a balanced meal. In another part of the classroom, a group of students is constructing a model …

Liliana Chinchilla-Juan For Liliana Chinchilla-Juan, her career interests have always included health care, but her pathway for getting there wasn’t always as straight forward. Chinchilla-Juan had taken a few college nursing courses in her home country, but after moving to Iowa in 2017, she found that …

Crispito Recipe Entry - Dallas Center Grimes CSD The Iowa Department of Education hosted a Choose Iowa Culinary Competition for high school students enrolled in a culinary arts class or foods-based course through a school’s family and consumer sciences program. The concept for the competition was to plan …

Editor’s note: Al Solano will be featured as a guest speaker at an Iowa Department of Education webinar on guided pathways on April 8. Faculty from Iowa’s community colleges will gain insight from Solano on how guided pathways can assist their students and their institutions. Dr. Al Solano Solano is the …

The Iowa Department of Education is accepting grant applications for approximately $870,000 in federal funding to support professional development and effective online and remote instruction at Iowa’s colleges and universities. The funds are provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) A…

The Iowa Arts Council, Iowa Department of Education (IDOE), and Iowa Alliance for Arts Education are joining forces to address the greatest needs of Iowa students, families, and educators. At the second biennial Iowa Fine Arts Education Summit, to be held online on June 17, arts educators, teaching artists, and educ…