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2021
- 02/15/2021 Governor Reynolds awards $3 million in career academy grants to expand high school student readiness in high-demand fields
- 02/01/2021 Help ensure no child goes hungry during the summer
- 01/28/2021 Annual Report on Iowa’s Community Colleges now available
- 01/26/2021 Advisory: State Board of Education to meet on Thursday
- 01/11/2021 Iowa receives nearly $345 million in new round of federal COVID-19 relief for schools
- 01/08/2021 Computer Science Work Group to meet on Tuesday
2020
- 12/15/2020 Gov. Kim Reynolds announces awards to build K-12 computer science teacher workforce
- 12/11/2020 Fall enrollment drops in most Iowa school districts
- 12/03/2020 Gov. Kim Reynolds announces members of new Computer Science Work Group
- 11/18/2020 Iowa Department of Education releases annual report on Iowa’s schools
- 10/22/2020 Nearly $4.4 million awarded to Iowa colleges and universities to expand student access to technology, increase internet connectivity
- 09/30/2020 Advisory: State Board of Education to meet on Thursday
- 09/25/2020 Iowa Department of Education releases statement on the State Board of Education’s decision to replace district leadership in Davenport, following a 3-year process
- 09/24/2020 Six Iowa schools named National Blue Ribbon Schools
- 09/23/2020 Advisory: State Board of Education to meet on Friday
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