isea – Iowa Media Wire https://www.iowamediawire.com Latest News from Iowa Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:30:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.iowamediawire.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-Iowa-News-Feat-Img-32x32.jpg isea – Iowa Media Wire https://www.iowamediawire.com 32 32 ISEA Partners with ‘Iowa COVID-19 Tracker’ to Create Statewide Tracking System for K-12 Schools https://www.iowamediawire.com/2020/09/isea-partners-with-iowa-covid-19-tracker-to-create-statewide-tracking-system-for-k-12-schools/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:30:47 +0000 https://www.iowa.media/2020/09/03/isea-partners-with-iowa-covid-19-tracker-to-create-statewide-tracking-system-for-k-12-schools/ DES MOINES, Iowa — As school resumes in Iowa, districts are already dealing with COVID-19 cases and having to quarantine students, teachers, and staff. In response, the Iowa State Education Association (ISEA) partnered up with the already established website “Iowa COVID-19 Tracker” to provide a tracker of these cases across our state. “We thought it […]

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]]> Iowa City Schools, Teachers Union Suing State over In-Person School Requirements https://www.iowamediawire.com/2020/08/iowa-city-schools-teachers-union-suing-state-over-in-person-school-requirements/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 02:44:37 +0000 https://www.iowa.media/2020/08/19/iowa-city-schools-teachers-union-suing-state-over-in-person-school-requirements/ IOWA CITY, Iowa — The state’s largest teachers union and the Iowa City Community School District filed a lawsuit Wednesday over the state requirement that at least 50 percent of classes take place in-person, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Iowa State Education Association claims Governor Kim Reynolds exceeded her authority through that requirement, and are […]

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]]> Iowa Teachers’ Union Calls Governor’s Latest Return to Learn Plan ‘Outlandish’ https://www.iowamediawire.com/2020/07/iowa-teachers-union-calls-governors-latest-return-to-learn-plan-outlandish/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 22:12:56 +0000 https://www.iowa.media/2020/07/30/iowa-teachers-union-calls-governors-latest-return-to-learn-plan-outlandish/ Des Moines, Iowa — The largest union representing Iowa teachers, professors and educational professionals says it rejects guidelines laid out by Governor Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Public Health and Iowa Department of Education. According to that guidance, schools won’t be able to switch to 100% online learning during the school year unless the […]

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