Monday, May 21, 2012
UNI said any announcements about faculty layoffs could come at the end of May or beginning of June.
Malcolm Price Laboratory School faculty member Courtney Clausen is waiting to find out if she has a job next year. "Waiting is something that all of us here have gotten used to," she said. She teaches social studies at Price Lab. "So it's become a way of life at this point. All of us here are just doing our best to educate the students as we close out the school year." The K-12 school is slated for closure, part of controversial budget cuts at the University of Northern Iowa. UNI administrators have said the cuts are necessary to close a burgeoning budget gap. While many Price Lab faculty will be offered continuing positions in UNI's teacher education program, the university has implied there may not be enough jobs for all of them. Four …
This is the second time in two weeks Cedar Falls made a top ten list for best schools in the state.
For the second time this month, Cedar Falls High School has been ranked one of the top schools in Iowa by a national news organization. This week the honor came from Newsweek, which named CFHS the sixth best high school in the state and one of the top 1000 schools in the nation. The rankings were based on graduation rate, college matriculation rate, Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate/Advanced International Certificate of Education tests taken per student, average SAT/ACT scores, average AP/IB/AICE scores and AP courses offered per student. Eight Iowa schools made the top 1000 schools list. They are: 462. Iowa City West 723. Washington, Cedar Rapids 791. Ames High School 842. John F. Kennedy, Cedar Rapids 880. Iowa City High …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Author Robert Waller is an UNI alum and former College of Business Administration Dean.
Robert Waller graduated from the University of Northern Iowa and taught there for more than 20 years. Though the author of The Bridges of Madison County now lives in Texas, he hasn't forgotten his alma matter. UNI announced today Waller had made a, "high level seven-figure gift" to the school. The exact amount was not released. Waller graduated from UNI in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts in business education-marketing degree and a Master of Arts in marketing in 1964. He taught in UNI's College of Business Administration for more than 20 years, serving six of those years as dean. "UNI allowed me to explore my intellectual interests and my tastes, as a student, a professor and a dean," said Waller in a press release. "As a professor, UNI …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
UNI said the teacher is on administrative leave from Price Lab.
The Cedar Falls Police Department is investigating allegations that a Malcolm Price Laboratory School teacher provided alcohol to a student at his off-campus home. The name of the teacher or further details about the incident were not released. An email to Price Lab families and staff said the teacher is on administrative leave. University of Northern Iowa relations sent an email about the matter to Price Lab families and staff Friday morning. A crime alert was also posted on the UNI Public Saftey website. "We are investigating the allegations, and we have no details we can release at this time," Cedar Falls Police Captain Craig Berty said. UNI spokesman James O'Connor also said the matter was under investigation and no further details …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Unemployment and underemployment rates are especially high among recent college graduates.
By Ben Moore IowaWatch.org "Exhaustive, expensive, and occasionally humiliating" is how Hannah Kane, 22, described job hunting after graduating from the University of Iowa in May 2011 with a bachelor's degree in cinema. "Interviewing at Hy-Vee between high school kids got old fast," Kane said. "It was a good lesson in humility." Living in Iowa City, Kane eventually was hired by Best Buy in Coralville before leaving for jobs at both the Iowa City Public Library and UI Main Library until she can find a job more suited to her field of study. About 20 percent of college graduates wind up in jobs they could have had without setting foot in college, according to a 2009 analysis by Andrew M. Sum, a Northeastern University economist. Waiting …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
If you or your children have seen bullying in school or online, tell us your story, join in the conversation or ask for advice from our panel.
Bullying, in schools and online, has become a hot-button issue recently, with the suicide of a bullied Iowa teen and the recent release of the documentary Bully, featuring a Sioux Falls boy. The director and writer of Bully visited Cedar Falls to participate in a panel discussion on bullying, and one of the messages they had for the community was that bullying does not exist in a vacuum. It takes a community conversation to begin to truly address it. That is what that article seeks to do; start a conversation. We're asking for your comments and questions about bullying, and our panel will respond and offer their insight. Leave your questions and comments below. Some of the members on our panel are: Derek Hannah, Youth Sports Director at …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A conference committee negotiating between the Iowa House and Senate stripped a provision that would have funded Price Lab for another year from a bill.
A provision that would have funded Malcolm Price Laboratory School for another year failed in the Iowa legislature. A conference committee negotiating between the Iowa House and the Senate stripped the provision, which included $3 million in funding for the school, from a bill Tuesday. The Senate had approved a bill that included the measure last week. Failure in the legislature means there is one path left for those fighting to keep the school open. A lawsuit seeking to stay the Iowa Board of Regents decision to close the school is still pending. Moderators of the Facebook group Keep Price Lab Open wrote on the group page they were saddened by the decision but were now focused on the lawsuit.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Lyn Countryman told Patch she is not optimistic about the school's future.
Malcolm Price Laboratory School interim director Lyn Countryman is not optimistic about the future of the school, which officials plan to close at the end of the year. Protests, a lawsuit to block the closure, and the Iowa Senate's vote to keep the school open and provide funding for another year, have given hope to supporters that perhaps the school can be saved. But, Countryman does not share the sentiment. “According to the president of the university, it’s a done deal, and no matter what money they have, it won’t make any difference,” Countryman told Patch. “I am an admin at the university, and I have to take the university stance. It would be very difficult to keep the school open, because the teachers have taken other jobs.” She …
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Cedar Falls barely missed making the top 1,000 high schools in the country.
Eastern Iowa dominates the list of top high schools in the state, including Cedar Falls High School at No. 6, according to recently released rankings. The U.S. News and World Report rankings gave Cedar Falls above-average ratings in reading, math, and college readiness, and a below-average rating in student-teacher ratio. Top ten Iowa high schools (national rank): 1. Washington, Cedar Rapids (555) 2. Kennedy, Cedar Rapids (702) 3. Ames (717) 4. Decorah (790) 5. Linn Mar (947) 6. Cedar Falls (1211) 7. West Liberty (1502) 8. Moc-Floyd Valley, Orange City (1556) 9. Pleasant Valley, Bettendorf (1696) 10. Indianola (1769)
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Monday, May 7, 2012
Hubs will also be located at Iowa State, Iowa Lakes Community College, Southwestern Community College, and Drake University.
Six new education hubs will help put Iowa ahead in science education, according to Gov. Terry Branstad. In a media release, governor's office says the new hubs, each of which is based at an Iowa college or university, will promote education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM.) The project is part of the governor's STEM Advisory Council. According to the release the six hubs are: “These six regional STEM network hubs will be the driving force offering Iowa youngsters more opportunities to learn about STEM, which will better prepare them to someday consider STEM careers,” the governor said in a press release. “STEM fields are among the fastest-growing, with many jobs that pay well.” Lt Gov. Kim Reynolds and University of …
Julie Kramer Gowans
6:45 pm on Monday, May 21, 2012
I'm not surprised at all! Good job CF! more ›