Online learning blends pace with teacher guidance
Teachers using technology stress knowing students and building relationships. In Iowa City and Oelwein a Phoenix Program lets students work across subjects, demanding flexibility from Tate teachers. Students like Molly Switzer and Raichel Stewart praise pacing, self aid, and faster progress, while acknowledging online limits.
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Liz Martin
the Gazette
Gabriella
Tate High School
Iowa City
C’de Baca
Jensen
Phoenix
Tate
Molly Switzer
Oelwein High School
Raichel Stewart
Addie Hagen
Hagen
Northern Illinois University
Lake Delhi residents push for public ownership to secure aid
More than 100 people gathered at the Delhi Legion Halls to back transferring Lake Delhi dam ownership to a public entity to qualify for state county and federal aid. The vote aims to show the lake is public while a $10 million rebuild is planned to moderate hazard standards.
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Lake Delhi
Larry Murphy
Delhi Legion Halls
Murphy
Delhi
Department of Natural Resources
Stanley Consultants
Muscatine
Wealth gap widens as 65 plus net worth soars past 1984
A Pew analysis shows the median net worth for households led by those 65 or older at 170 494, 42 percent higher than 1984, while younger households fall to 3 662, down 68 percent. Social Security remains a main income source for seniors, with 55 percent of their yearly earnings from benefits.
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Congressional Committee
Harry Holzer
Georgetown University
Census Bureau
Pew Research Center
Congressional
New van helps veterans reach appointments on time
Bremer County in Iowa received a Ford Flex to transport veterans to VA clinics and hospitals in Waverly Waterloo Mason City and Iowa City. Volunteers and donations fund maintenance insurance and fuel for the vehicle one of only 23 such vans in the state.
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Kristin Guess
Waverly
Bremer County
Veteran Service
Veterans Transportation Network
Iowa City
Waterloo
Mason City
Edwards
Veterans’ Service
Iowa
Veterans Affairs
Neal Jarnagin
James Miller
Jarnagin
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