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Families new to an Iowa City elementary school received an extra welcome this year: A video tour of the building, complete with tips on homework and how to resolve conflicts

Atlantic, Ia. — An alleged strip-search at Atlantic High School that at first garnered little attention is now the talk of the town

Spencer school officials will throw out a Bible class and discard a critique of evolutionary theory to avoid being sued over the district's proposed "religious liberties" policy

Ames, Ia. - Two words you won't hear in Iowa State University dormitory rooms this year: dial tone.

Classes will be in session in 60 percent of Iowa school districts by the end of this week, prompting State Fair officials and others in Iowa tourism spots to again question the effectiveness of a state law that requires schools to start in September

Fifty Storm Lake teenagers who state officials say should have graduated will be allowed to stay in school to take college credit at taxpayer expense.

"We cannot afford to lose any one of these students," Judy Jeffrey, the state's top education official, said at the annual School Administrators of Iowa conference Wednesday.

Students are asked to haul sometimes heavy loads of notebooks, texts, paper and pencils in backpacks as they head back to school this year. But many of the backpacks they'll use don't measure up, Consumer Reports says.

Seven community forums are planned throughout the city to bring parents, community members and educators together to discuss the formation of a charter school in Des Moines

7.15.09 - Some Iowans dream about quitting jobs to teach. Now, it's about to get easier.