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 nation's report card performed by the National Assessment of Educational Progress is out, and while Iowa is scoring above and close to average in both readi

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

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 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,

Residents should tell the Iowa Department of Education to stop its effort to inject private beliefs into science standards, writes Bruce Lear.

The topic of special education didn’t come up in Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State address on Jan. 14, but it should have. The number of students receiving special education services nationwide has risen nearly 73% from 1990 through 2023,

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’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.

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,