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New reading textbooks, same problem: Why children’s reading scores in the US aren’t rising

Recently, I worked with a group of elementary teachers in Iowa to select new reading textbooks and software. They wanted new materials to improve their district’s stagnant reading scores.

The Conversation

"We didn’t talk to each other for three months." Haunted houses, fallouts and a drunken singer: inside Slipknot's experimental masterpiece, Vol. 3

After the phenomenal success of Iowa, Slipknot took a break. But where there had once been unity, there was now conflict. Yet they produced something that defied any expectations...

Metal Hammer

Police seek 17-year-old for attempted murder in shooting near University of Iowa, authorities say

Authorities are seeking a 17-year-old on charges of attempted murder after a weekend shooting near the University of Iowa campus

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13 States With No Retirement Tax Ranked by How Much You Need to 'Retire Comfortably'

A $0 state income tax bill doesn’t always mean a cheaper retirement. See which states stretch your dollar further.

Kiplinger

All-American Iowa State Center Audi Crooks Sets Transfer Destination

The ex-Cyclone is staying in the Big 12.

Sports Illustrated

Iowa City Shooting: Motive Unclear After Gunfire Near University of Iowa Sparks Panic

Multiple injured in Iowa City shooting near UIowa campus as police investigate unclear motive behind downtown gunfire that sparked panic.

International Business Times UK

3 students, 2 others shot along nightlife district near the University of Iowa, authorities say

Authorities in Iowa say three University of Iowa students have been wounded in a shooting that erupted in a nightlife district near campus

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George Foreman laid to rest in Iowa, drawn by a peaceful 1988 visit

Boxing legend George Foreman, who passed away in March 2025, chose to be buried in Sioux City, Iowa

The Independent UK

Mississippi is running out of booze. Stores now say an Iowa company is to blame

As business owners hang on ‘by the skin of our teeth,’ official data shows a backlog of 172,176 unshipped cases at Mississippi’s Alcoholic Beverage Control warehouse

The Independent UK

Scoop: Vance heading to Iowa for midterm events

It's his first visit to an early primary state ahead of a widely expected bid for president in 2028.

Axios

Iowa Democrats pursue ‘once in a generation opportunity’ amid farmer woes

Every day, Seth Watkins wakes with the sun. The 58-year-old farmer raises livestock on a southwest Iowa farm that’s been in his family since the 1840s. Like most farmers, Watkins is up and working before much of the rest of the country’s alarm clocks go off, feeding his cows and…

Roll Call

An Iowa woman pleads not guilty in the 2011 killing of real estate agent

An Iowa woman has pleaded not guilty to the murder of real estate agent Ashley Okland, who was killed 15 years ago

The Independent UK

Iowa woman sits behind married couple. Then the man pulls out his phone–and proceeds to cheat on his wife for the next 2 hours while holding her hand

Some people multitask at events—check their email, do a quick phone call, stay present. Others apparently juggle a full-blown side life while sitting inches from their spouse. In a TikTok that has the internet collectively squinting in disbelief, one Iowa woman realized the man in front of her was allegedly…

The Mary Sue

Standards-based grading offers a different model of assessing student learning in the classroom

Some school districts, including ones in Maine, New Mexico, Iowa and Oregon, are shifting to standards-based grading, where students are graded on the skills and concepts they learn instead of points accumulated from assignments and tests throughout the school year.

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Michigan Democrat at center of ‘illegal orders’ video says she’d consider a 2028 run for president

Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, is touring the Midwest to promote Democrats ahead of the midterm elections this fall

The Times of India

Michigan man Daniyal Khan charged with kidnapping 12-year-old girl; child found using Amber Alert

A 23-year-old Michigan man has been charged with kidnapping after a missing 12-year-old girl from Iowa was found safe within an hour of an Amber Alert being issued.

International Business Times UK

Iowa Can Ban Certain Books and Restrict LGBTQ Education in K-6 Schools, Court Decides

A US federal court has allowed Iowa to enforce strict bans on school library content and restrictions on LGBTQ+ education. The ruling marks a significant shift in parental rights in schools Iowa and affects K-6 classroom curriculum. Educators and legal advocates warn of the immediate impact on LGBTQ youth school…

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"Slipknot is a big scary monster and we're losing control of it." How Slipknot's angriest and sweariest song helped the metal icons land the heaviest number one album in history

As soon as people heard that crushing first song on Iowa, they knew we weren't getting a soft, sell-out second album

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Republican Super PAC Drops $342M on Senate Elections in 8 Key States

North Carolina, Ohio, Maine, Alaska, Iowa, Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire are at the center of a new $342 million ad reservation from the Senate Leadership Fund, the Republican super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a move that underscores how defensive the 2026 Senate map has become…

Reason

Iowa Law Requiring Parental Notification as to Accommodations "Intended to Affirm [Public School] Student's Gender Identity" Upheld

From Iowa Safe Schools v. Reynolds, decided today by Eighth Circuit Judge Ralph Erickson, joined by Judges Lavenski Smith and… The post Iowa Law Requiring Parental Notification as to Accommodations "Intended to Affirm [Public School] Student's Gender Identity" Upheld appeared first on Reason.com.

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Court Rejects Facial Challenge to Iowa Law Barring Public School K-6 Programming Related to "Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation"

The law provides, "A school district shall not provide any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender identity or sexual orientation to students in kindergarten through grade six." The court held this wasn't unconstitutionally overbroad.

Reason

Iowa Law Barring Books with "Descriptions or Visual Depictions of a Sex Act" from Public School Libraries Upheld

When may public libraries, and especially public school libraries, remove books based on their content? In Pico v. Bd. of… The post Iowa Law Barring Books with "Descriptions or Visual Depictions of a Sex Act" from Public School Libraries Upheld appeared first on Reason.com.

The Independent UK

Appeals court lets Iowa enforce book ban and restrictions on LGBTQ+ topics in K-6 classes

An appellate court has ruled that Iowa can fully enforce a law restricting instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools up to sixth grade

The Guardian - US

Midwest US pays high cost for Trump’s Iran war as soldiers die, while veterans are baffled: ‘Why are we there?’

As casualties mount, those who share a home state with the deceased in Iowa, Kentucky or Ohio question war’s legality

The Independent UK

Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms

Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter

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