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Early intervention is giving this boy hope – and a leg up Kathy Wilcox with Mitchell DES MOINES – Kathy Wilcox took 15-month-old Mitchell to Burger King one day for chicken nuggets. Nothing particularly memorable. Until. “He looked right at me, and said, ‘Mom I love you,’ and it was like he knew…

Joy Jackson walked across the stage in crutches to receive her high school equivalency diploma at EICC’s Davenport Center on May 28, 2014. “They asked me to name the two main ingredients in hollandaise sauce, and I didn’t know,” recalls Joy Jackson of her failed interview attempt for a culinary job at a…

Increasing the number of Iowans with credentials needed for in-demand jobs is key to Future Ready Iowa success DES MOINES – Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation recognizing Sept. 24 – 30 as Iowa Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. The week, which coincides with the National Adult Education and…

Vic Jaras, 2017 Partners in Education award recipient, pictured with Tim Hamilton, Executive Director of Student and Family Services, and Dr. Vickie Murillo, Superintendent, for the Council Bluffs Community School District. “I always ask, ‘How can we work together to help kids? Can we go beyond just the bar…

Four Iowa educators have been named state finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The two math finalists are: Rachel Giesmann, high school teacher at Mediapolis High School, Mediapolis Maria “Gabby” Granadillo, middle school teacher at McKinley Middle Sch…

DES MOINES – After more than a year of development, collection of feedback and revision, the Iowa Department of Education on Monday submitted to the U.S. Department of Education its plan for meeting requirements of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.  ESSA, a reauthorization of the Elementary and Sec…

Do you or someone you know have a great family and school partnership for children receiving special education services and supports? The Iowa Department of Education wants to hear from you.  Since there is a lack of consistent family and school partnership practices in the state, the Department is looking for …

If there’s one thing the Iowa Social Studies Standards Review Team wants educators to know is that implementing the new standards in the classroom is a marathon – not a sprint. To that end, the State Board of Education learned today that it is recommended that educators implement the standards over a three-year …

A fifth-grade teacher from Pella has been named the state History Teacher of the Year. Rebecca Helland, who teaches at Jefferson Intermediate School, was named by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History after being recommended by an Iowa Department of Education committee. The institute’s mission is to pro…

Students in the Northeast Iowa Career Learning Link’s pre-employment strategies credit summer course visited Iowa Workforce Development in Decorah. A car, much like a career, can look great based on pictures and reviews, but once inside you might feel entirely different about it. For that reason, most people …