Articles from 07/2018

DES MOINES - The Iowa State Board of Education’s next regular meeting will take place on Thursday, Aug. 2, at the Grimes State Office Building, 400 E. 14th St., in Des Moines. The business meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in the second-floor State Board Room. View a copy of the complete agenda with attachments.

DES MOINES – Iowa Department of Education Director Ryan Wise today released the following statement in response to the passage of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, which was signed into law today by President Trump. The law amends and reauthorizes the Carl D. Perkins Career an…

Registration is under way for an all-day workshop designed to help schools create high-quality emergency plans that cover active shooter and natural disaster events. Passed into law by the Legislature (Senate File 2364), it requires all k-12 schools in Iowa to write plans that prepare for these events. The worksh…

Iowa’s passing rate ranks highest among 27 states and U.S. territories using the HiSET high school equivalency exam DES MOINES - Among states and U.S. territories that use HiSET, a high school equivalency exam, Iowa ranks the highest for the percent of individuals who passed the test. Last year, 95.9 percent of Io…

In order to prepare for full implementation of Iowa’s Science Standards by the end of 2019, this summer would be a great time for science/district leadership team to review progress toward full implementation. The new standards were adopted in 2015 to ensure students are scientifically literate, global people who …

Iowa early childhood leaders have revised statewide standards for the development and learning of children below kindergarten age so that the standards are relevant to parents, families and caregivers in addition to educators. The revised Iowa Early Learning Standards, announced today, describe the typical behavior,…

Two thousand days. While the approximate amount of time from a child’s birth until entering kindergarten may seem like eons, relative to a lifetime it’s the equivalent of a raindrop’s journey to earth. And like the powerful atmospheric forces behind every tiny raindrop, so too are the powerful forces behind a saf…

Stacy Conley, a high school equivalency instructor at Indian Hills Community College, is the recipient of the 2018 Archie Willard Adult Education and Literacy Educator of the Year. The annual award honors an adult education and literacy instructor for exemplary service through advocating, developing, implementing an…

DES MOINES, IOWA – Registration is now open to attend Future Ready Iowa Regional Summits throughout the state and collaborate with local stakeholders on workforce solutions. The day-long summits are scheduled for late September and early October in 12 Iowa communities: Atlantic, Burlington, Davenport, Denison, For…

A former English language learner who worked as a dishwasher while he learned the language, Garcia now oversees strategic partnerships for the Center for Equity in Learning at ACT. This is a question-and answer with Juan Garcia, the keynote speaker for the Iowa Adult Education and Literacy Summer Conference, Ed…