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

Deadline for current GED test participants draws near

The current version of the GED® test battery is expiring at the end of 2013. The Iowa Department of Education wishes to raise awareness about this change which may acutely impact individuals who have passed one or more of the five portions of the test, but have not finished.

Iowa’s vocabulary results on NAEP test are released

December 06, 2012

Iowa’s student results on the vocabulary portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress declined significantly from 2009 to 2011 at the fourth-grade level and were stagnant at the eighth-grade level, according to NAEP results released today.

Director Glass commends Iowa’s No. 1 standing for state graduation rates, cautions that more work remains

November 26, 2012

Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass today released the following statement about new U.S. Department of Education data showing that Iowa led the nation in state four-year graduation rates in 2010-11, the first year for which all states used a common, rigorous measure. Previously, states used different methods to calculate and report graduation rates, which made state-by-state comparisons difficult.

State association sings praises about Department of Education consultant

Rosanne Malek discovered her life’s passion in seventh grade when she was waiting for an after-school ride from her brother, whose high school choir was rehearsing.

Education: Developing a worldwide competitive edge

March 04, 2013

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If the United States doesn’t start effectively competing educationally on a global front, it could affect our standard of living, Marc S. Tucker, an internationally recognized education expert, said in Des Moines on March 4.

Don’t see it? Consider:

Top-performing education systems are producing more well-educated graduates than in the United States.
Those graduates can be hired for a fraction of the cost of their U.S. counterparts.
The internet has made hiring employees internationally easy – and necessary for businesses that want to remain competitive in the global market.

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