Iowa Department of Education explained

The Iowa Department of Education sets the standards for all public institutions of education in Iowa and accredits private as well as public schools. It is headquartered in Des Moines.

Organization

As of 2020, the Iowa Department of Education consisted of 8 bureaus and works with the oversight of the 11 member Board of Education.

History

The Board of Education was founded in 1857.

In the 2019-2020 school year 93 percent of public school children in Iowa attended school in their neighborhood school district.Prior to 2021, there were only 2 charter schools in Iowa. After Governor Kim Reynolds signed two bills about establishing and operating new charter schools in May 2021, three more were founded in Union, Iowa, Hamburg, Iowa and Des Moines. In 2023, the department received 8 more charter school applications for the 2024-25 School Year, one in Oakmont, three in Cedar Rapids, and four in Des Moines.

Since 2019, the Department of Education has used the Iowa Statewide Assessment for Student Progress (ISASP) since 2023, it has administered the National Assessment of Educational Progress and since. In 2019, the board allocated $2.7 million for school districts and $300,000 for accredited nonpublic schools.

Department Directors

• Chad Aldis, until 2023
• McKenzie Snow, 2023- present

Bibliography

Inline references

Secondary

• Web site: . Covington . Nick . November 2, 2022 . Iowans Deserve Better Than "School Choice" . May 15, 2024 . Bleeding Heartland . en. .
• Web site: . Charter Schools . May 15, 2024 . educate.iowa.gov . Iowa Department of Education . en. .

• . Winter 2020 . Friedel . Jan . Fletcher, PhD . Jeffery Alan, PhD, MPA . Iowa . registration . Journal of Education Finance . 45 . 3 . 297–299 . ; ; ; ; ; (article).

• Web site: . Iowa Assessments . Iowa Assessments . Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress . 2024-05-15 . . iowa.pearsonaccess.com. .

• . October 1897 . Perry . Theodore Bolivar (1833–1921) . Theodore Perry . The Board of Education . Annals of Iowa . Aldrich . Charles John (1828–1908) . Third Series . . 3 . 3 . 200–207 . 10.17077/0003-4827.2259 . free . Retrieved May 10, 2021. ; (publication online); (publication print); (publication); (article); (article).

Primary

• Web site: . Condition of Education . educateiowa.gov . Iowa Department of Education . May 10, 2021.

• Web site: . May 14, 2024 . Iowa Department of Education Homepage . May 15, 2024 . educate.iowa.gov . en. .

• Web site: . June 22, 2023 . State of Iowa . Gov. Reynolds Announces Leadership Change at Department of Education . May 15, 2024 . governor.iowa.gov . en.

General references

• Book: Aurner . Clarence Ray (1863–1948) . History of Education in Iowa . Iowa City . State Historical Society of Iowa . Retrieved April 22, 2024. .

• Book: . 2011 . Host . Sandra Kessler . Iowa's Rural School System, a Lost Treasure: The Key to Iowa's Rural Settlement Featuring Richland #1 School in Sac County, Near Odebol . . published by the author & the Odebolt Historical Museum . ; ; .
• Book: . 2012 . Host . Sandra Kessler . Iowa's Rural School System, a Lost Treasure : The Key to Iowa's Rural Settlement Featuring Richland #1 School in Sac County, Near Odebolt . 2nd . . published by the author & the Odebolt Historical Museum . ; .
• Book: . 2011 . Host . Sandra Kessler . Iowa's Rural Settlement Shaped by Railroads and a System of Rural Schools . . (adaptation and curriculum components by Dorothy Kessler Engstrom). published by the author . ; ; .
• Book: . 2014 . Host . Sandra Kessler . Iowa Historic Schools: Highlighting Victorian Influence . . published by the author . ; ; .
• Book: . 2015 . Host . Sandra Kessler . A New Look at Iowa's One-Room Schools – Iowa's Lost Treasure – A System of 12,623 Rural Schools 1858–1966 . April 22, 2024 . Rural Lecacy Project, Odebolt, Iowa. Iowa Rural Schools Museum . . Standard Printing . . ; ; .

External links

• Iowa Department of Education