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Documents: Iowa Department of Education Equity Reviews 2010-2016

Read the Story: Most Iowa School Districts Don’t Comply With Americans With Disabilities Act Database: Find your school or school district in the database of non-compliance citations compiled

By IowaWatch

/ 16 May 2016

Documents: Iowa Department of Education Equity Reviews 2010-2016

Former 'Spotlight' Reporter Says Movie Shows Importance Of Investigative Reporting

Former Boston Globe Spotlight investigative reporting team member Matt Carroll told an IowaWatch audience about the importance of dogged investigative reporting before the audience viewed the Oscar-winning movie “Spotlight” in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, May 5.

By IowaWatch

/ 2 May 2016

Former 'Spotlight' Reporter Says Movie Shows Importance Of Investigative Reporting

IowaWatch Connection Wins Seven Iowa Broadcast News Awards

The IowaWatch Connection radio program collected seven awards, including three for first place, for large market radio reporting at the 2016 Iowa Broadcast News Association convention in Waterloo, Iowa, on

By IowaWatch

/ 25 Apr 2016

IowaWatch Connection Wins Seven Iowa Broadcast News Awards

Panelists Confirmed For May 2 IowaWatch Free Speech On Campuses Forum

Panelists have been confirmed for the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch public forum on Monday, May 2, in Iowa City that examines whether or not limits exist for speech and expression on college campuses. The forum is part of a spring IowaWatch reporting project, “Making Boundaries

By IowaWatch

/ 22 Apr 2016

Panelists Confirmed For May 2 IowaWatch Free Speech On Campuses Forum

News Quiz: Perspectives on Climate Change

According to a Pew Research Center survey, 22 percent of U.S. adults say climate change is due to natural patterns and one-quarter believe there is no solid evidence Earth is getting warmer, despite a large consensus in the scientific community. A recent national survey and an informal state survey

By IowaWatch

/ 22 Apr 2016

News Quiz: Perspectives on Climate Change

IowaWatch & Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line Survey: Climate Change In The Classroom

IowaWatch and the Cedar Falls High School Tiger Hi-Line conducted an informal survey of Iowa teachers and students to examine their perspectives on climate change and how it should be taught in the classroom.

By IowaWatch

/ 22 Apr 2016

IowaWatch & Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line Survey: Climate Change In The Classroom

News Quiz: Becoming Iowa's City Of Literature

On Nov. 20, 2008, UNESCO named Iowa City, Iowa its third City of Literature, after Edinburgh, Scotland and Melbourne, Australia. Test your knowledge on Iowa's City of Literature and learn more about its literary identity and tradition.

By IowaWatch

/ 8 Apr 2016

News Quiz: Becoming Iowa's City Of Literature

News Quiz: Impact of Iowa Caucuses on State's Registered Voters

Recent data on Iowa’s registered voters revealed shifts among their party affiliations in the months before, during and following the state’s 2008, 2012 and 2016 presidential precinct caucuses. Taking a closer look at in those caucuses, IowaWatch discovered intriguing trends. Do you have the knowled

By IowaWatch

/ 25 Mar 2016

News Quiz: Impact of Iowa Caucuses on State's Registered Voters

Help Us Support Student Work

Does a limit on speech and expression exist on Iowa’s college campuses, where you expect the free flow of ideas to broaden education? Help a team of Iowa college student journalists working with IowaWatch answer that question by giving a tax-deductible donation that supports the students’ efforts. D

By IowaWatch

/ 22 Mar 2016

IowaWatch Reporter Earns Fund For Investigative Journalism Grant

The Fund for Investigative Journalism has awarded IowaWatch’s Lauren Mills a $5,000 grant to support a journalism project in which she will examine Iowa’s water quality. This marks the third time the organization has given an IowaWatch reporter a grant and the second time it has given one to Mills,

By IowaWatch

/ 17 Mar 2016

IowaWatch Reporter Earns Fund For Investigative Journalism Grant

Book By Iowa Stories Author Cheryl Mullenbach Selected For Notable Social Studies List

The Great Depression for Kids: Hardship and Hope in 1930s America, by Cheryl Mullenbach, has made the list of Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2016.

By IowaWatch

/ 25 Feb 2016

Book By Iowa Stories Author Cheryl Mullenbach Selected For Notable Social Studies List

Podcast Link: The Importance Of Investigative Reporting

Iowa Public Radio examined the importance of investigative journalism, nationally and in Iowa, during its Tuesday, Feb. 23, "River to River" program and included IowaWatch Executive Director-Editor Lyle Muller, IowaWatch board member Andy Hall and Jason Clayworth, investigative reporter at The Des M

By IowaWatch

/ 23 Feb 2016

Documents: Iowa Department of Education Equity Reviews 2010-2016

Former 'Spotlight' Reporter Says Movie Shows Importance Of Investigative Reporting

IowaWatch Connection Wins Seven Iowa Broadcast News Awards

Panelists Confirmed For May 2 IowaWatch Free Speech On Campuses Forum

News Quiz: Perspectives on Climate Change

IowaWatch & Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line Survey: Climate Change In The Classroom

News Quiz: Becoming Iowa's City Of Literature

News Quiz: Impact of Iowa Caucuses on State's Registered Voters

Help Us Support Student Work

IowaWatch Reporter Earns Fund For Investigative Journalism Grant

Book By Iowa Stories Author Cheryl Mullenbach Selected For Notable Social Studies List

Podcast Link: The Importance Of Investigative Reporting

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