Des Moines Superintendent Thomas Ahart has been a lightning rod during the past three years over the way Iowa’s public schools have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ahart
A seat at the table.
Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver provided that succinct explanation last week of what his fellow Republicans are looking to provide to Iowa parents as
I stumbled across a statistical tidbit the other day that probably will surprise many people.
U.S. Census Bureau figures show that between 1900 and 2000, the state that grew
Typically, in the days leading up to the start of a new session of the Iowa Legislature, the attention is on lawmakers’ goals and priorities — and on the pledges they
Something came out of Colorado last week besides images of the destruction from a rapidly developing wildfire that roared through the area between Denver and Boulder.
The fires consumed upwards
The past couple of years have been challenging for Iowa’s 327 public school districts.
Parents have become very engaged with their schools — and enraged, too, at times. This has
The death Sunday of Robert Dole was a potent reminder of what we have lost as a nation.
Another member of the Greatest Generation has left us — another of those
When you have orbited the sun as many times as I have, people sometimes want to tap into the insights you have gathered through the years. Young journalists and newsroom
There’s a big birthday coming up in Iowa in about a month.
This place we call home — these 55,800 square miles of farm fields, wooded land, and clusters
You have to marvel at the capacity of the human spirit — especially the ability of people who remain optimistic and upbeat in the face of challenges most of us can’
STEPHEN BERRY FREE PRESS CHAMPIONS
(For current journalist or journalism educator)
2021: Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
2020: No awards due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019: Carol Hunter, Des Moines
