Roughly half of Iowa’s 30 largest districts have updated their school emergency response policies, adopting a popular national program that safety experts say might not be the best choice.
Parents, or any member of the public for that matter, who ask some of Iowa's largest school districts how their district deals with emergency lock downs for their children's safety would have difficulty obtaining the district's policy.
No longer limited to ink and paper, Iowa’s public libraries are spending increasing amounts of money on new technologies, such as eBooks and iPads. But it has come at a cost. Story includes database with information from every Iowa public library.
