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This category is about education in the state of Iowa. The Iowa Department of Education maintains a directory of school districts and buildings, colleges, and other education institutions. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Education in Iowa .
The Iowa Board of Regents, a governing board, oversees the state's three public universities – the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa. [1] With 4,685 students, Drake University is the state's largest private not-for-profit school. The state's oldest post-secondary institution is Loras College, a ...
The Board of Education was founded in 1857. [3] In the 2019-2020 school year 93 percent of public school children in Iowa attended school in their neighborhood school district. [4] Prior to 2021, there were only 2 charter schools in Iowa.
The Iowa State Board of Education will consider the applications during its Jan. 11, 2024, meeting. Related: US education secretary says Iowa law banning books, limiting LGBTQ teaching is 'overreach'
By fiscal year 2026, districts will receive 90% of the funding for special education and all of the funding for general education and media services. Senators passed the bill on a 28-22 vote Monday.
Former Iowa Department of Education director Ted Stilwill, in a post on the Bleeding Heartland blog, said the report’s state-by-state comparison of test scores was facile at best because of ...
In 1860 the Education Act was enacted. It placed all primary education under one general and comprehensive system controlled by the Board of General Education. [8] Under the Act, education in Queensland is free, secular and compulsory. [8] Warwick East State School, established in September 1850, is the oldest surviving primary school in ...
In 1984, there were 437 school districts in the state that operated high schools. [7] In 1990 the total number of school districts was 430. [ 6 ] In fall 1995 the number of school districts operating high schools was down to 353, and in 1995 670 was the median enrollment K-12 of an Iowa school district. [ 7 ]