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Trump preps memo ordering colleges to hand over more admissions data President Donald Trump will sign a memorandum ordering colleges to be more transparent about their admissions data.

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'Hunger never stops': What's in the $40 food boxes Iowa is giving instead of Summer EBT Food pantries across Iowa are taking part in the Healthy Kids Iowa pilot, which gives $40 worth of food monthly to 65,000 kids from June to August.

“I am of the mind that hunger for children is a solvable problem,” @laurenhlb.bsky.social‬ told the Des Moines Register’s @svhernandez.bsky.social and @writefelissa.bsky.social. “And it does require an all-of-the-above strategy.”

Read about the crucial role Summer EBT plays in combating hunger:

Yesterday was the last day of classes for @dmschools.bsky.social. So, of course, I had to update the board.

Slipknot's Sid Wilson, Grammy award winner Bangladesh give career day advice to Iowa kids Music producer and songwriter Shondrae Crawford, known as Bangladesh, and Sid Wilson of Slipknot spoke at Callanan Middle School's career day.

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Slipknot's Sid Wilson, Grammy award winner Bangladesh give career day advice to Iowa kids Music producer and songwriter Shondrae Crawford, known as Bangladesh, and Sid Wilson of Slipknot spoke at Callanan Middle School's career day.

Just a normal career day: Slipknot's Sid Wilson, Grammy award winner Bangladesh give career day advice to Iowa kids www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...

Small and rural Iowa schools see 4-day weeks as a way to compete. But does it help kids? Nationally, more than 2,100 schools in over 859 school districts across at least 24 states have moved to 4-day school weeks, a 2024 study says.

Nationally, more than 2,100 schools in over 859 school districts across at least 24 states have moved to four-day school weeks, according to a 2024 study.

Small and rural Iowa schools see 4-day weeks as a way to compete. But does it help kids? Nationally, more than 2,100 schools in over 859 school districts across at least 24 states have moved to 4-day school weeks, a 2024 study says.

Nationally, more than 2,100 schools in over 859 school districts across at least 24 states have moved to four-day school weeks, according to a 2024 study.

Three miles of wiring inside a speck of brain tissue. Here is my story on a milestone in neuroscience. Gift link: nyti.ms/42BWWR7 (Video courtesy Forrest Collman)

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Iowa Catholic schools see enrollment jump as more students embrace taxpayer-funded tuition Iowa Catholic schools saw a number of increases for the 2023-24 school year including an enrollment increase.

Iowa Catholic schools saw an enrollment increase of about 4% for the 2024-25 school year, according to an Iowa Catholic Conference announcement.

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I am writing about buses, which means I need to remind people:
Bus: 🚍
Buses: 🚍 🚍
Buss: 💋
I am not wading into the is “busses the plural for buss” debate.

Thank you!

Pride or prejudice? Iowa school district resists changing mascot, name considered a slur The Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District mascot has been the Midget since the 1920s. A group is asking officials to change the name.

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Pride or prejudice? Iowa school district resists changing mascot, name considered a slur The Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District mascot has been the Midget since the 1920s. A group is asking officials to change the name.

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