“Your Course to College” walks high school students and their families through the steps to higher education

Iowa College Aid today announced the release of the 2017-18 edition of “Your Course to College.” This free guide helps high school students and their families navigate the complex process of getting to college. The 70 pages are divided into four chapters:

In the last 20 years, small schools facing budget cuts often removed elective classes. This left skills like cooking and growing fruits and vegetables unlearned.

Center for Rural Affairs’ Greenhouse to Cafeteria program has been a solution for schools that have faced those decisions in the past. Not only does it fill a hole left in the curriculum, it also means healthier foods are served at lunch.

SPRINGFIELD – State Representative Tony McCombie (IL-71st) released the following statement on the education funding reform bill that failed in the Illinois House of Representatives today: “Rather than work together on a compromise to fairly and equitably fund our schools, legislators presented a bill to make a statement and put politics ahead of our students and school districts.

DES MOINES, IA (08/15/2017) (readMedia)-- State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, a member of the Iowa Centennial Memorial Foundation, announced today that Anna Runge of Davenport was among nine students to receive a Robert D. Blue scholarship award for the 2017-2018 school year. The Robert D. Blue Scholarship, which is given by the Foundation, awarded nine Iowa students to assist in covering expenses at an Iowa college. The recipients represented nine Iowa counties and seven Iowa schools.