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Every School Every Thursday — Ankeny

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:52:00 CDT

Ashland Ridge

Every School Every Thursday — Des Moines South

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:44:00 CDT

Howe

Every School Every Thursday — Urbandale, Dallas Center-Grimes, Johnston

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:44:00 CDT

Jensen

Every School Every Thursday — West Des Moines, Clive and Waukee

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:43:00 CDT

Clive

Every School Every Thursday — Des Moines West

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:37:00 CDT

Edmunds

Every School Every Thursday — Des Moines East/North

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:25:00 CDT

Brubaker

UNI’s faculty union agrees to re-open contract

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:37:00 CDT

The University of Northern Iowa’s faculty union has approved re-opening its 2009-11 contract with the university.

Low ISU teacher pay stirs fears of losing top talent

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:27:00 CDT

The colleges at ISU with the least competitive faculty salaries are the ones with the highest turnover rates.

Second season is gem for ACA-ICA

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:46:00 CDT

Ankeny Christian Academy-Iowa Christian Academy hung with the second-ranked team in the state until the fourth quarter of a first-round eight-man playoff game on Nov. 2.

’Earnest’ play comes to Waukee stage

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:28:00 CDT

Drama students at Waukee High School will evoke the feeling of Edwardian England in order to perform the fall play "The Importance of Being Earnest."

’Merry Wives’ turn the table on a swindler in Lincoln production

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:26:00 CDT

"Leave It to Beaver" meets "Desperate Housewives."

’Mouse that Roared’ will prompt shrieks of laughter

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:24:00 CDT

The Urbandale High School fall production of "The Mouse that Roared" casts the fictional European country Fenwick as the mouse.

Ankeny school officials prepare budget at retreat

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:22:00 CDT

Discussion about possible cuts needed to balance the Ankeny school district’s 2010-11 budget are expected to take up half of an all-day board retreat set for Nov. 30, Superintendent Matthew Wendt said last week.

Chiodo helps students in, and not in, trouble

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:20:00 CDT

Hoover High School’s resource officer from the Des Moines Police Department is pleased to be back in school.

Dowling students rise early to help in canteen

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:18:00 CDT

Only the glow of the breakfast canteen greets Dowling Catholic High School students Annie Sarcone and Ashlie Decker when they arrive to volunteer twice a week.

Fourth wall comes a tumblin’ down at North High

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:15:00 CDT

Jud Wolfkill doesn’t get nervous being on stage - it’s having to go offstage that makes the North High School senior remind himself to take plenty of deep breaths and to count to 10.

Horizon students, staff win National Blue Ribbon

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:10:00 CDT

Horizon Elementary School joined an elite group of academic institutions across the nation when they were awarded the National Blue Ribbon Award at a special assembly Friday.

St. Augustin Lego league tests skills, creativity of two teams

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:09:00 CDT

Young, would-be engineers lean intently over their 4-by-8-foot shadow box table, painstakingly piecing together bridges using tiny yellow and black plastic parts. They have to follow every step of their instruction manuals to make the structures correctly.

East High hopes to build Bob Savage Plaza

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:58:00 CDT

The late East High School football coach Bob Savage will be immortalized with a concrete pillar surrounded by walls of brick and a metal-lattice canopy as part of a proposed makeover of the school’s athletic complex.

Belin-Blank Center honors students from western suburbs

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:21:00 CDT

Nineteen students from Clive, West Des Moines and Windsor Heights - representing public and private schools in the metro area - were among more than 500 students nationwide who were honored at the University of Iowa Belin-Blank Center’s recognition ceremony Oct. 18.

UNI faculty leans toward refusing to take furloughs

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:35:00 CDT

Unionized faculty members at the University of Northern Iowa probably will refuse to take unpaid time off unless UNI leaders offer something in exchange, a faculty leader said Friday.

Teachers’ accusers gain protection

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:00 CDT

State officials who oversee teacher licensing expressed frustration Friday about Iowa law, which fueled their decision to protect the names of Iowans who accuse teachers of abuse and other violations.

Educational examiners weigh anonymity for teachers’ accusers

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:20:00 CDT

Battle lines are being drawn between Iowa teachers and the people who accuse them of abuse, fraud or other violations that could cost them their professional licenses.

Westridge students take run through the jungle

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:54:00 CDT

Westridge Elementary School will present "The Jungle Book" today, Saturday and Sunday.