Assignment Education

Assignment: Education

Studies consistently show that successful schools lead to successful communities. That's why ABC 6 NEWS is committed to highlighting the challenges facing our local schools and the teachers and programs that are having a positive impact on student achievement.

Our ASSIGNMENT: EDUCATION reports will take an in-depth look at the many facets of education issues, innovations, and reforms that will better prepare students for careers of the future.

Bonner Elementary School in Stewartville closed on Monday due to a COVID-19 positive case

10/25/2020 06:18 PM

Stewartville Public Schools Superintendent Belinda Selfors announced on Sunday that Bonner Elementary School will be closed on Monday due to a COVID-19 positive case at the school.

List of area school districts back to school plans for 20-21

Foreign students show less zeal for US since Trump took over

In video classes teachers parse clues to student wellbeing

Mentoring youth even more important in 2020 for Thompson

Stressed freshmen missing quintessential college experience

When school is home and home is school, which rules prevail?

This photo provided by Charles Timtim shows his daughter, name withheld by parents, doing schoolwork from home in Waipahu, Hawaii, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Timtim's mother doesn't think it's safe for her daughter to be back at school but she also doesn't want her exposed to an online learning program called Acellus that misspelled and mispronounced the last queen to rule the Hawaiian kingdom. Parents spotting questionable content on Acellus is forcing some school districts across the country to reconsider the program or stop using it. (Charles Timtim via AP)

Parents: Online learning program has racist, sexist content

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2020 file photo, pre-school teacher Mikki Laugier wears a protective mask as she guides students in a lesson at P.S. 15, in the Red Hook neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Placing an order while wearing a mask and standing six feet away from the deli counter can be difficult during the coronavirus pandemic. Try teaching a class full of students who are deaf, hard of hearing or whose first language is not English. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

The eyes don't have it: Masks upset classroom communication

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 file photo, Kelly Mack works on her laptop to teach remotely from her early 1940s vintage camper/trailer in her backyard at home in Evanston, Ill. Across the U.S., the pandemic has forced students to attend virtual school to prevent spread of the coronavirus. But the more we rely on technology, the bigger the consequences when gadgets or internet service let us down. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Q&A: How to handle technology issues with online school

Iowa temporarily replaces 2 top Davenport school officials

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children?

MSHSL approves fall season for football, volleyball

Des Moines says no to governor's demand for classroom return

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2020, file photo, Des Moines Public School students and supporters march from Roosevelt High School to the Governor's Mansion at Terrace Hill to protest the cancellation of fall and winter extracurriculars, in Des Moines, Iowa. All in-person activities were suspended this month as the district's classroom instruction remains virtual. (Olivia Sun/The Des Moines Register via AP, File)

Des Moines says no to governor’s demand for classroom return

Iowa reports 814 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths on Sunday

**HOLD FOR STORY BY CASEY SMITH**Kay Orzechowicz poses Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, for a portrait with the family dog Buddy, at her Griffith, Ind., home. After 35 years of teaching, Orzechowicz said COVID-19

Teacher departures leave schools scrambling for substitutes

Winona State University self-quarantines campus for 2 weeks

Iowa courts decline to halt state push for in-class learning

A laboratory assistant holds sewage samples collected from Utah State University dormitory's Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Logan, Utah. About 300 students are quarantined to their rooms this week, but not because anyone got sick or tested positive. Instead, the warning bells came from the sewage. Colleges around the country are monitoring wastewater in hopes of stopping coronavirus outbreaks before they get out of hand. Utah State became at least the second school to quarantine hundreds of students after sewage tests detected the virus. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Colleges combating coronavirus turn to stinky savior: sewage

Teaching assistant Samuel Lavi helps out with an online class at the Valencia Newcomer School, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Phoenix. Communicating during the coronavirus pandemic has been trying for parents and students at the Phoenix school for refugees who speak a variety of languages and are learning to use technology like iPads and messaging apps.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Refugee families face unique struggles with online school

Judge: Decision next week on Des Moines school lawsuit

Anna Hamilton, 43, center, poses for a photograph with her sons, Henry, 6, left, and Adrian, 7, right, in their home on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Decatur, Ga. Hamilton is taking leave from her job at a small investment firm where she has worked for 12 years so she can guide her children through remote schooling. Looking back, she sees how childcare responsibilities, doctor visits, school pick-ups, lining up babysitters, often fell on her as the parent with the more flexible job. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Child care crisis pushes US mothers out of the labor force

A look back at the months leading up to the first day for RPS

RPS board approves $1M in federal money for additional laptops

Iowa City schools to begin classes online-only amid pandemic

School at Home

Parents: Online learning program has racist, sexist content

RPS families prepare to start school Wednesday

Senator Amy Klobuchar discusses the future of broadband

Survey: 64% of parents feel comfortable sending their students to school

Assignment: Education

List of area school districts back to school plans for 20-21 execCheckDiffShort("08/20/2020 01:42 PM","minutes",9739,5816461);

Foreign students show less zeal for US since Trump took over execCheckDiffShort("10/25/2020 11:35 AM","minutes",9739,5905107);

In video classes teachers parse clues to student wellbeing execCheckDiffShort("10/24/2020 10:34 AM","minutes",9739,5904485);

Mentoring youth even more important in 2020 for Thompson execCheckDiffShort("10/24/2020 10:15 AM","minutes",9739,5904474);

Stressed freshmen missing quintessential college experience execCheckDiffShort("10/24/2020 10:09 AM","minutes",9739,5904449);

When school is home and home is school, which rules prevail? execCheckDiffShort("10/13/2020 08:40 PM","minutes",9739,5893074);

Parents: Online learning program has racist, sexist content execCheckDiffShort("10/04/2020 02:20 PM","minutes",9740,5883398);

The eyes don't have it: Masks upset classroom communication execCheckDiffShort("09/27/2020 10:43 AM","minutes",9740,5875794);

Q&A: How to handle technology issues with online school execCheckDiffShort("09/26/2020 02:00 PM","minutes",9740,5875204);

Iowa temporarily replaces 2 top Davenport school officials execCheckDiffShort("09/26/2020 11:47 AM","minutes",9740,5875220);

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children? execCheckDiffShort("09/22/2020 08:09 AM","minutes",9726,5870036);

MSHSL approves fall season for football, volleyball execCheckDiffShort("09/21/2020 12:41 PM","minutes",9726,5869317);

Des Moines says no to governor's demand for classroom return execCheckDiffShort("09/21/2020 11:55 AM","minutes",9726,5868308);

Des Moines says no to governor’s demand for classroom return execCheckDiffShort("09/20/2020 11:50 AM","minutes",20422,5868375);

Iowa reports 814 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths on Sunday execCheckDiffShort("09/13/2020 12:28 PM","minutes",20422,5860956);

Teacher departures leave schools scrambling for substitutes execCheckDiffShort("09/13/2020 09:47 AM","minutes",20422,5860826);

Winona State University self-quarantines campus for 2 weeks execCheckDiffShort("09/08/2020 04:14 PM","minutes",20422,5855856);

Iowa courts decline to halt state push for in-class learning execCheckDiffShort("09/08/2020 04:06 PM","minutes",20422,5855855);

Colleges combating coronavirus turn to stinky savior: sewage execCheckDiffShort("09/06/2020 04:22 PM","minutes",20422,5853928);

Refugee families face unique struggles with online school execCheckDiffShort("09/05/2020 02:40 PM","minutes",20422,5852229);

Judge: Decision next week on Des Moines school lawsuit execCheckDiffShort("09/05/2020 12:58 PM","minutes",20422,5852346);

Child care crisis pushes US mothers out of the labor force execCheckDiffShort("09/05/2020 08:53 AM","minutes",20422,5852160);

A look back at the months leading up to the first day for RPS execCheckDiffShort("09/02/2020 06:37 AM","minutes",20422,5848543);

RPS board approves $1M in federal money for additional laptops execCheckDiffShort("09/01/2020 11:23 PM","minutes",20422,5848323);

Iowa City schools to begin classes online-only amid pandemic execCheckDiffShort("08/30/2020 11:54 AM","minutes",20422,5845453);

Parents: Online learning program has racist, sexist content execCheckDiffShort("10/04/2020 02:20 PM","minutes",9742,5883398);

RPS families prepare to start school Wednesday execCheckDiffShort("09/01/2020 07:02 PM","minutes",9742,5848123);

Senator Amy Klobuchar discusses the future of broadband execCheckDiffShort("08/20/2020 06:44 PM","minutes",9742,5834401);

Survey: 64% of parents feel comfortable sending their students to school execCheckDiffShort("07/09/2020 02:54 PM","minutes",9742,5787485);

List of area school districts back to school plans for 20-21

Foreign students show less zeal for US since Trump took over

In video classes teachers parse clues to student wellbeing

Mentoring youth even more important in 2020 for Thompson

Stressed freshmen missing quintessential college experience

When school is home and home is school, which rules prevail?

Parents: Online learning program has racist, sexist content

The eyes don't have it: Masks upset classroom communication

Q&A: How to handle technology issues with online school

Iowa temporarily replaces 2 top Davenport school officials

Does the coronavirus spread easily among children?

MSHSL approves fall season for football, volleyball

Des Moines says no to governor's demand for classroom return

Des Moines says no to governor’s demand for classroom return

Iowa reports 814 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths on Sunday

Teacher departures leave schools scrambling for substitutes

Winona State University self-quarantines campus for 2 weeks

Iowa courts decline to halt state push for in-class learning

Colleges combating coronavirus turn to stinky savior: sewage

Refugee families face unique struggles with online school

Judge: Decision next week on Des Moines school lawsuit

Child care crisis pushes US mothers out of the labor force

A look back at the months leading up to the first day for RPS

RPS board approves $1M in federal money for additional laptops

Iowa City schools to begin classes online-only amid pandemic

Parents: Online learning program has racist, sexist content

RPS families prepare to start school Wednesday

Senator Amy Klobuchar discusses the future of broadband

Survey: 64% of parents feel comfortable sending their students to school