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Leaving the television on can be detrimental to children's learning and development, according to a new study from Associate Professor Deborah Linebarger and other UI researchers.

Nearly 40 students from as far away as South Korea and as close as Iowa City participated in SSTP this summer.

Dozens of Iowa teachers were invited to Iowa City to provide feedback on the Iowa Assessments and other tests.

When Kortney Banks and Hannah Sprouse applied to present in the Iowa Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, a research symposium that highlights high school research on STEM topics, they did not expect to be selected.

As a group of fourth-grade students watched the dissection of a sheep’s eyeball, each struggled to decide if it was fascinating or disgusting. Some looked away from the eyeball, while others leaned in to get a closer view.

The University of Iowa College of Education has a proud tradition of delivering a first-class education for the educational professionals of tomorrow. Continuing to attract and retain the best and brightest students from Iowa and beyond is key to continuing this tradition.

“The decision of gifting is such an individual one, which for us evolved over several years,” says Ann Posey (BA’69), who taught elementary students in Iowa and Michigan public schools before taking a break to raise a family.

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We are grateful to those who leave the world a better place than how they found it.

Greg Feldmann (PhD ‘12) grew up as a “small-town Iowa kid” and now is in a position to influence the educational experiences for all of Iowa’s children. Feldmann is an educational program consultant working on early literacy initiatives in Iowa’s Department of Education.