education

Iowa high school work-based learning participation jumps to 45%
Nearly half of Iowa’s high school seniors in the class of 2025 completed at least one work-based learning experience, marking a significant increase in career-connected education across the state. The Iowa Department of Education has announced that 45% of graduating…
Eleven UI students awarded at IdeaStorm competition
Eleven University of Iowa students shared $4,400 in prize money at the Spring IdeaStorm competition…

Mount Mercy partners with EICC to simplify RN-BSN student transfers
Mount Mercy University has partnered with Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) to provide an easy transfer process…

Scholarships help further nonprofit’s musical mission
The drums and horns have long been silent, but an event sponsored by a local…

Stamats celebrates centennial, looks to future in move to new home
There are only about 1,000 companies in the United States that have been in business…

Meet the 2023 Forty Under 40 honorees working in education
Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

North Liberty-based Learn Spatial helps neurodivergent learning
Educational entrepreneur Mike Quinn, based in North Liberty, Iowa, has launched a new and innovative…

UI JPEC enters new phase, plans to honor John Pappajohn
After nearly 30 years of weathering the constantly changing entrepreneurial landscape, the University of Iowa…

Mount Mercy, St. Ambrose sign nursing articulation agreement
Davenport’s St. Ambrose University (SAU) and Cedar Rapids’s Mount Mercy University signed an articulation agreement…

Iowa awards $1.25 million in work-based learning grants
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds awarded more than $1.25 million in state grants to fund the…

IowaWORKS to replace Teach Iowa as main outlet for listing education jobs
Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) and the Iowa Department of Education are launching a statewide outreach…

New Leader Manufacturing to host first youth registered weld apprenticeship program
New Leader Manufacturing (NLM) has partnered with the Iowa Department of Education and Grant Wood…
Prairie Creek first school to host JA BizTown Mobile learning program
Learning “real-world” skills just got a little easier for some Iowa students. Junior Achievement of…

College Community Schools to pilot JA BizTown Mobile
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa, Wells Fargo and MidAmerican Energy have teamed up to provide…

University of Iowa metaversity geared toward prospective, current students
A collection of avatars attended a ribbon cutting event for a virtual University of Iowa…

ICABP, ICAD announce 2023 Innovation in Education awards
The Iowa City Area Business Partnership (ICABP) and the Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD)…
