The University of Wisconsin-Platteville gets the message out to 100 percent of its students via text message if an emergency happens on its campus. But less than half of the students at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University who are signed up to get emergency alerts — and not all are — would [...]

Jefferson High School kicked off a remodeling project of the school’s cafeteria Tuesday morning. Most of the current cafeteria equipment is original to the building and about 20 years past its life span, school officials said. The remodeling project will involve replacing that equipment, remodeling the dining area, installing new technology, and improving the layout [...]

When Kevin Uhde, the principal of Johnson Elementary School (also known as Johnson School of the Arts), announced his retirement late last week, he cleared the way for that building’s third head administrator in four school years. Last week, Uhde announced his plans to retire at the end of the current school year, capping off [...]

In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting that left 20 children and seven adults dead, polls show public support for stricter gun control at a 10-year high. However, gun rights advocates say they will push the Iowa Legislature to expand gun rights and abolish gun-free zones, including schools. “The problem we have is [...]

School board discussion of a proposed plan that seeks to balance the number of students who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches in the Iowa City Community School District focused not on diversity but rather on consistency. Both district residents and board members aired their issues with the policy’s language and targets during its first [...]

An 85-year-old Dubuque woman is proving it’s never too late to learn. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports Lois Houselog accepted her high school diploma at a ceremony Wednesday night after she completed a general education development course known as the GED. The newspaper reports the audience gave Houselog a standing ovation after a school official [...]

A message for top college students: Jason Glass wants you. Earlier this year, the director of the Iowa Department of Education unveiled 13 recommendations from the state’s Task Force on Teacher Leadership and Compensation. Together, they are on a mission to improve education in part through getting better teachers. “Certainly this is an area where [...]

Cookies, chocolate and wrapping paper aren’t just hallmarks of the holiday season, they’re also staples of school fundraising initiatives. While the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act is bringing more dark red, orange and green vegetables to students’ lunch trays, children are also raking in the green with foods more likely to be served at sleepovers than [...]

The question reads like one featured on a standardized test: What is the solution to fixing America’s education system? People on all sides of the debate favor various solutions — increased funding, smaller class sizes, longer school days — but increasingly one group of people is at the center of the debate: teachers. Some say [...]

The western half of the Iowa City school district saw $66.6 million worth of school building projects in the past 10 years, double the $33.4 million spent on the other side of the district, according to a Gazette analysis. That could give ammunition to people who have argued eastern Iowa City schools have been neglected [...]