A representative of the Iowa Board of Regents told lawmakers Wednesday that the board is ready and willing to conduct the review of academic programs that would be required under a new bill. Labeled in the bill as the “Workforce First Act,

The Iowa Department of Education credits the state’s strength in reading to proven practices grounded in an evidence-based approach.

The Iowa Department of Education is facing more backlash over proposed changes to its science standards.The revisions, which some say water down topics like cli

This is the final year of the ESA program's income restrictions. Next year, the program will be open to all Iowa families, regardless of wealth.

A review team that Iowa formed last fall to revise its science education standards and draft recommended changes -- which some team members said contained changes they hadn’t signed off on -- has been discharged so a second team now can review public feedback and recommend changes based on the input.

Iowa lawmakers advanced a flurry of bills aimed at reforming the state’s three public universities, controlled by the state Board of Regents, during a slate of hearings on Tuesday. Iowa lawmakers in the House and Senate advanced bills that would create a school of intellectual freedom at the University of Iowa,

Iowa’s current draft of its K-12 science standards, which include changing the word “evolution” to “biological change over time,” has drawn ire from some parents, educators, students and residents across the state who say the wording changes water down scientific concepts.

Gov. Kim Reynolds sent a notice to each of Iowa's state universities Thursday reminding them to comply with the state's prohibition of diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs.

Iowa lawmakers advanced another spate of bills aiming to reform higher education in state regent universities on Wednesday. Among the bills considered and advanced by Iowa House Republicans Wednesday,

Some Iowans are raising concern about new proposed state science standards. In the proposal, any mention of "climate change" was changed to the phrase "climate trends". Although the standards would still include the concept of biological change over time,

As legislators this week continue their consideration of a group of bills aimed at reshaping higher education in Iowa -- taking aim at diversity, equity, and inclusion programming, curricular offerings,

Public school students tested across the nation are still not scoring as high in reading as pre-pandemic levels, according to The Nation's Report Card