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Survey: Iowa LGBT students still unsafe

By Lynda Waddington 11/11/09

There’s some good news, but there is also bad news in the way some students perceive their safety at Iowa schools.

Big increase in number of Iowa ESL students

By Jason Hancock 11/21/08

The number of Iowa students for whom English is a second language has more than doubled in the last decade, according to a new report by the Iowa Department of Education.
The report, titled “The Annual Condition of Education Report for 2008,” shows that in the 2007-2008 school year there were more than 20,000 students for [...]

COMMENTARY: Lawmakers Line Up to Throw Local Control of Education Under the Bus

By T.M. Lindsey 3/31/08

Last year Iowa students’ SAT scores ranked first in the nation and their ACT scores ranked second when adjusted for percentage of students tested. Seems commendable, but some Iowa lawmakers, including Gov. Chet Culver, feel more needs to be done if Iowa graduates want to succeed in the global community.

Their plan? To create a new [...]

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